Tuesday Reading: Luke 12:15-21
Key Verse: Luke 12:21
21 So is he who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.
Devotion:
The worst thing that we could try to exaggerate is our spiritual riches based upon what we have here on earth! No matter how rich we are here on earth, it is not a measuring stick for how rich we will be in heaven. Judging how pleased God is with us by looking at the earthly riches we have is just folly; they are opposite sides of the coin.
Key Verse: Luke 12:21
21 So is he who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.
Devotion:
The worst thing that we could try to exaggerate is our spiritual riches based upon what we have here on earth! No matter how rich we are here on earth, it is not a measuring stick for how rich we will be in heaven. Judging how pleased God is with us by looking at the earthly riches we have is just folly; they are opposite sides of the coin.
Working for earthly riches will make us comfortable and will give us a good life whilst here on earth, but what we do with our riches may well break us down spiritually. Coveting what we have here on earth will lead our hearts away from God and will weaken us spiritually – why else would God list that as one of the ten commandments! Our lives must not be measured by what we posses, but how we use it. If we are going to let our riches guide us or control us, then we have left the path with God and are now walking the path of covetousness. Just like the man in this parable, we will quickly loose our way.
We do not know what God has in store for us. We do not know His plan. How then are we to be ready if we are going to leave His world behind and seek our own covetous world instead? How are we going to be prepared if we ignore His work? God has the perfect plan and we seem to do nothing more than spoil it because of our greedy eyes. We do not stick with the plan but run with our own because we think we can see a great future ahead through what we are doing – our problem being that that which we see, may well not come to pass because we are not the ones in control. You only have to have an accident to realise that we are not fully in control, but remembering the steps that took us towards that accident is what we often forget.
God wants us to be prepared for His plan in our lives. To do that we have to be close to His will. To do that we need to put His will first and not our own...
Points to Ponder:
What would be your ideal job in life?
How much would you use it to glorify God?
What would be your ideal job in life?
How much would you use it to glorify God?