Narcissists run from love and tenderness because to love someone would mean we would have to care about their well being. Caring about another person takes diminishing ourselves in some way to help or encourage them. Narcissists only help people when they can get the glory for it, still completely self serving.
Mother Theresa is a very good example. She was a Catholic working her way to heaven, so entrenched in self that she was willing to tell those she helped that they could add Jesus Christ to their Hinduism in order to gain heaven, she told them they would be a better Hindu by trusting Christ.
Mother Theresa did not have the spiritual strength to tell people that Christ was the only way, first because she didn't know it herself but secondly she wanted the love and approval of the world for what she was doing and she got it by accepting and elevating their pride through encouragement to hang onto the false gods of Hinduism. She was deeply rooted in works salvation, laying heavy burdens on the people to perform to earn their way to heaven.
Matthew 6:1-2 "1 Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. 2 So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be praised by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their reward."
Matthew 23:4-6 "…4 They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them. 5 All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels. 6 They love the places of honor at banquets, the chief seats in the synagogues,…"
I am convinced we are going to meet many people in heaven who didn't do anything great according to man's standards, they were even rejected and minimized by all those around them, but because they loved God with all their heart and obeyed the little He gave them to do, they will be honored in heaven.
Matthew 19:29-30 "…29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life. 30 But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first."
No where in the Word are we told "how much" we are to do. God only speaks about being obedient to His commands and His purpose in our lives. If what we do seems little, but we are obeying God, we can be at peace that we are doing all He told us to do.
Those who build huge ministries for the sake of money as many prosperity preachers are doing today, may not even be born again. We know them, they fleece the flock through lying deceptive words while being wildly popular among the masses. If they do not repent they will go to the fires of hell without reward of any kind. They are of the narcissistic sort who use and abuse others to gain money and fame.
Never measure your ministry or obedience, just do what God told you to do and forget about trying to figure it out. Attempts at figuring it out comes out of pride to see just how good we are, or if we are special in some way. No one is special and no one is good except Christ. Each one must obey God doing what He told them to do and forgetting about the measuring of it.
Isaiah 2:12 "12 The LORD Almighty has a day in store for all the proud and lofty, for all that is exalted (and they will be humbled), "
James 4:8-10 " 8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Be miserable and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you."
1 Corinthians 1:31 "31 so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”
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