Christianity is one of the world’s great religions, and certainly is the predominant religion of those of western nations. One might have a tendency to think then, that Jesus would have to have been born to some family of real note and meaning, but this doesn’t appear to be really true, at all. Jesus was not born into a high place, or even of a family representing notable material or social success. Rather, we are told in Holy Scripture that Jesus was born, while his parents were traveling as per their obligation for a census, and further that there was no room at the inn, for the pregnant Mary, and that Jesus upon His birth in Bethlehem, was placed into a manger.
None of this seems to suggest that Jesus’ family was of any particular notable significance or of high class, whatsoever; at least, from a material perspective. That is to say, the family of Jesus, while not having either wealth or status, were nevertheless very good people, of integrity, high moral standards, and of great spiritual strength. So then, in consideration that Jesus came from relatively humble circumstances, it would seem to behoove us to make it our point, to see that those that are of impressive wealth, high position, and status should not be accredited as good people based upon that material status or of their position in society, but rather would be better judged upon the content of their character, instead.
It is fair to state, that in Jesus’ ministry, there was never a time when Jesus was so caught, counting his money, and thus attesting to the virtue of having great wealth or even the necessity of such. Instead, Jesus demonstrated that the most important principle in our life, has to be our relationship one to another, in which, we are here to help uplift one another, as well as to do our fair part to be a source of good to each other. That is to say, there are plenty of things that we could so concentrate upon each and every day, believing perhaps that these tasks then are the most important things that we need to focus upon; but, in reality, there is nothing more important than seeking harmony and oneness with our God.
So too, we do so find that rich and powerful people, have often deep within their psyche, a proximate concern that perhaps not all is well, with what they have so done in order to be in the place that they are at – of which, then, many a personage thereby attempts to paper over this possible flaw by being generous through donations of all sorts. Yet, while money has its place, that place is almost exclusively within this material plane and nowhere else. Rather, each of us is meant to get off of our “high horse” and to meet people where they are really at, for those that feel “big” about giving away this or that, are missing the very salient point, which is that the most important gifts in life are accomplished through our noble service, our sincere love, our caring concern, and our continuous dedication to doing what we best can do to help bring those that are in darkness, into Light.