True Wealth!
We live in a world that has money as it's God, where we idolize the rich. It started with me as a child watching shows like "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous", which is comparable with today's "Cribs" on MTV. My childhood dreams were all about becoming famous and having lot's of money. If you watch shows like American Idol, America's Got Talent and the likes you see the desperation that most American's have with the hope of being famous. Thank God for renewing my mind, changing my perspective, and causing me to pursuit what brings eternal value rather than temporal value that is never what it seems to be.
We see what having lot's of money does to most people here in the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus in Luke 16:19-31. The rich man who never offered Lazarus even a crumb now was begging Abraham to have Lazarus cool him down from the fiery flames of Hell and to warn his brothers not to follow in the same. Problem is once death comes it is too late, "we have made our bed, and now have to lie in it." Grace is available only in this life, not in the one to come. God has done everything He can in His Son to give us the chance to choose right, so while it is still today, "let us not harden our hearts."
We must choose whether we want to pursuit Eternal life in Christ or worldly fame? The bible says we cannot serve God and mammon, it is one or the other, the God of Heaven or the God of Earth? Money is just paper but greed is a spirit, so those that worship money really worship the Devil. To know whom we worship all we have to check is how hard or easy is it to give money away. God loves a cheerful giver. He rewards those whom use their resources for the good of others not just the good of themselves. Christ came to the Earth to give His life as a ransom for many so when it is His spirit leading what we now have is available for His will.
There are so many preachers on TV begging people for money, manipulating others in God's name. God promises in His word that He supplies our needs, but it takes faith to access His promises. Faith comes from God, so when we operate in the world's way, we have to use the world's methods to succeed. If we put His kingdom first (which means the King has dominion) and operate in His right way, He promises that all things will be given unto us, therefore we will never have to beg others for bread.
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