Obligation

What is greatness built upon? Freedom, liberty, and opportunity, or responsibility, obligation, and duty?  

September’s Awakening, Day 25

I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity an obligation; every possession a duty.

 —John D. Rockefeller, Jr 

The love of liberty is the love of others; love of power is the love of ourselves.

 —William Hazlitt

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with inherent and inalienable rights; that among these, are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; . . .

 —Thomas Jefferson, beginning of the Declaration of Independence

 

So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’ ” Luke 17:10 NIV   

 

From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked. Luke 12:48b NIV

 

            With our inherent and inalienable rights, the freedoms that we enjoy, the opportunities that we have, and the ability to possess in quantity, comes along with it great responsibility, certain obligation, and required duty to those who have not. We are not only to be good stewards of what we have, but just as Jesus stated in Luke 12:48; to whom much has been given, much will be required, and to whom much has been entrusted, much more will be asked. It is a biblical principle that cannot be denied or ignored. Freedoms, rights, and opportunities come at a high price of giving back in return.

               Exercise your freedoms, tenaciously hold onto your rights, explore every opportunity, and gain much so that you may give and return much. Fulfil your responsibilities, meet every obligation, and perform every duty in an exemplary fashion. This is what greatness is built upon.

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