Place your trust in God (Part 4)

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August 6, 2015 9:35 AM

It is proper to remember that all you have belongs to God and your wealth is just temporary

The Bible

Bible verse for today: Deuteronomy 10:14 "To the Lord your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, the earth and everything in it." (NIV)

While it's okay to work hard and get rich, it is also proper to remember that all you have belongs to God and your wealth is just temporary.

Since you were rewarded by God for your labour, it is also proper that you bless others and use it to propagate his message on earth putting absolute trust that your efforts will be seen by the one who gave you wealth.

The Word for Today devotional by United Christian Broadcasters (UCB) says:

When it comes to our money, we like to think, ‘I earned it, so it’s mine.’ But that’s where you’re dead wrong! The Bible says: ‘To the Lord your God belong the heavens…the earth and everything in it.’ ‘Yours, O Lord, is the greatness…the power… the glory…the majesty and the splendour, for everything in heaven and earth is Yours’ (1 Chronicles 29:11 NIV). “The silver…and the gold is Mine,” declares the Lord Almighty’ (Haggai 2:8 NIV). Riches are like Monopoly money; if you’re better than your competition, you end up with the deeds to the most expensive properties. But guess what? At the end of the day when the game is over, the participants leave the table and all the stuff goes back in the box. And if you were overly aggressive, the other players may end up not liking you.

Here’s a humbling Scripture: ‘Don’t be impressed with those who get rich and pile up fame and fortune. They can’t take it with them; fame and fortune all get left behind. Just when they think they’ve arrived and people praise them because they’ve done well for themselves, they enter the family burial plot where they’ll never see sunshine again. We aren’t immortal. We don’t last long. Like our dogs, we age and weaken and die’ (Psalms 49:16-20 TM). The God who owns it all gives it to us for two reasons: 1) To enjoy. 2) To invest into fulfilling His purposes on earth. When we live with that attitude, we replace fear with faith in God.

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