HOW THINGS GET LOST (9) – SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT 

There was a young man who found favour with a wealthy man. He was an orphan. He came in contact with a billionaire. The billionaire committed himself to him. Anything he needs, the billionaire gives.  

One day, the billionaire asked him, “Do you have a laptop?” He said he did not. The billionaire told him he was meant to have a laptop at his age and bought it for him. Apart from the laptop, the billionaire gives him money every month aside from other things. 

One day, something happened to the laptop. His friends told him to call the billionaire and tell him that the laptop was spoilt. They told him that since he bought it, what was the big deal in repairing it? 

He called the man, and the billionaire asked what the matter was. He said, “My laptop is faulty, and I want you to repair it for me.” The billionaire still answered calmly and cut the call. That was the last time he heard from the billionaire. The billionaire stopped picking up his call. He also gave instructions that he should not be given access to him again. He saw an entitled young man. 

Let me pray for you first: May you not be found in the company of fools. Many lose access because they are caught in the trap of foolishness and entitlement. 

There are people who live like parasites.  Once they see someone who shows a little interest in helping them, they become a leech. They keep sucking until they are denied access. Listen, kill that sense of entitlement.  Help is from the Lord, and it is also in the prerogative of men. If they choose to help, be grateful and not entitled. Some people have turned a man God used into a sponsor.  God is your source.  He only uses men. 

A father in the faith also shared how he gave someone twenty thousand, and the person said, “You can give me more than this, sir.” The man of God told him to bring it. He collected it and gave it to someone else. 

A foolish sense of entitlement can deny you access. One of the ways you safeguard favour is good understanding.  

Proverbs 13:15 NKJV

[15] Good understanding gains favor, But the way of the unfaithful is hard.

Operate with a good understanding. Favour can open a door, but a sense of entitlement can close it. 

Be careful.