Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Lasting Credit
(Proverbs 11:4 LB)
Your riches won't help you on Judgment Day; only righteousness counts then.
God considers money as nothing, yet I place so much value on it. It's interesting to me that the amount that I have has little to do with how much effort goes into earning that. Some people have never worked for a penny, yet have more than they could ever know what to do with it; some work like dogs and have very little --- just scraping by. Monetary value is subject to the fickleness of man and what we esteem highly in a temporary place --- Earth. Real value is subject to the unchanging nature of God and what He esteems highly in an eternally permanent place --- Heaven. It would be best for me to work for things that count eternally, and place less emphasis on "getting ahead."
Your riches won't help you on Judgment Day; only righteousness counts then.
God considers money as nothing, yet I place so much value on it. It's interesting to me that the amount that I have has little to do with how much effort goes into earning that. Some people have never worked for a penny, yet have more than they could ever know what to do with it; some work like dogs and have very little --- just scraping by. Monetary value is subject to the fickleness of man and what we esteem highly in a temporary place --- Earth. Real value is subject to the unchanging nature of God and what He esteems highly in an eternally permanent place --- Heaven. It would be best for me to work for things that count eternally, and place less emphasis on "getting ahead."
# posted by jono : 9:02 AM
