Only a Few

Scripture References: Psalm 18:1-3, 16-17; Romans 8:17

Forty-six percent of actors and actresses live in Los Angeles and 36 percent in New York. In 1982 they earned an unevenly distributed $459 million. More than 81 percent of all Screen Actors Guild members made less than $5000. More than 40,000 performers earned less than $1,000. The big money, $50,000 plus, went to 1,841 actors and actresses—less than 3 percent of the Guild’s members. Many careers have similar statistics; a few famous are overpaid while the rest scrape by.

How starkly different the spiritual life! Everyone in God’s kingdom shares equally in its one possession—eternal life—and all equally reflect its one glory—the person of Christ. True, sonic Christians are more spiritually enriched than others, but only by availing themselves of the opportunities every Christian has to become spiritually rich. God invites all his children to an equal involvement in his glories.

Courtesy of Speaker’s Sourcebook of New Illustrations by Virgil Hurley © 1995 by Word, Incorporated.
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