"Do not wear yourself out trying to be rich. Be wise enough to know when to quit. In the blink of an eye WEALTH DISAPPEARS, for it will sprout wings and fly away like an eagle."
Do you want to be rich? How much money would be enough for you? What price are you willing to pay to become rich? Rich people may have to sacrifice something to obtain wealth. It could be their family, their health or their morality. Covetousness, or the desire to have what others possess is a sin and that can definitely affect your spiritual life. This is a desire that does not please God. What will it profit you if you gain the whole world and in the process you lose your eternal soul? What are you willing to try to be rich? Are you wise enough to know when to quit? Do you understand that you must seek the Lord first and keep Him first in your life, and then everything will be added unto you?
Once you become rich, what are you willing to do to keep it? Will you be greedy and covetous of what others have that is more than you? The One Truth Today is meant to warn and inform you that wealth, like fame, is fleeting. Your entire fortune can disappear in the twinkling of an eye. Ask those who had 401K's recently, meant for their retirement. Ask those who have lost their jobs and there homes during this recession. The believer's attitude is that the Lord is my Shephard and I have all that I need. During our short time here on earth we can waste time trying to accumulate wealth that will be given to others, or we can build up treasures in Heaven
instead. We never really own anything here on earth, it all belongs to God. We came in with nothing and we will leave the same way, WEALTH DISAPPEARS!
God is trying to warn you not to wear yourself out trying to become rich, it is an illusion. God wants to give you the wisdom to know when to quit trying to be rich. Accumulating wealth at the expense of our quality of life is a false promise, not of the Lord. The Lord will supply all of the needs of His children. The promise is that we will have all that we need if we belong to God, because WEALTH DISAPPEARS. Your accumulated wealth can sprout wings like an eagle and fly away, never to be seen again. Job as a believer had the right attitude; "the Lord gives, and the Lord takes away, blessed be the name of the Lord"! If you have God you have everything that you will ever need, here on earth and for eternity.
