"Do not love the
world nor the things of the world. If
anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the
flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the
Father, but is from the world."
(I John 2:15-17).
Hey gang: Two hobos
were sitting on a curb when a funeral procession passed by carrying the rich
guy from up on knob hill to his final resting place. (Isn't it great that a casket in the cold
ground is not going to be our final resting place?). I don't know about you but the Word tells me
my final home is an out of sight place in the present of Yeshua. Wow, awesome!
Getting back to the two hobos, one said to the other,
"I wonder how much he left?" The other responded, "All of it!" Timothy had something to say about that, "For we have brought nothing into the
world, so we cannot take anything out of it either" (Tim. 6:7).
Recently, I listened in on a conversation between an
interviewer and an interviewee, who had just won the lottery. The
interviewer asked, “What has changed since you won the mega bucks?”
His , “I used to worry about where I would get enough money to keep my ship
afloat; now I worry that someone will come along and sink my ship and take away
my vast holdings.” Studies have proven
that suddenly winning a barn-full of money can be very detrimental to your
health.
Psalm 37 is a very favorite portion of Scripture to
me. Remember it begins, “Don’t fret”.
I like it when I read words like that.
Jesus often began His conversations with His disciples with "Do not be afraid!" My Pennsylvania hillbilly background taught
me it don’t matter no-how- how much money you have; it’s what you do with
it and, if you are blessed with a barn full, what your attitude is. . David gave a neat piece of advice
when he wrote, “I have been young and now I am old, Yet I have not seen the
righteous forsaken” Can you say ‘wow’ to that?
Sometime ago I read an article which was built on the
promise a guy made to himself. I do not
recall very much of what it said, but I do remember his punch line: there are two days that I do not fret about,
yesterday and tomorrow. Similar
words were spoken by the wisest man who ever lived on earth, Jesus, when He
said, "Do not worry about tomorrow;
for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough alligators of its
own" (Matt. 6:34, Hainley rendition).
Malachi tells us there is a far greater guarantee available
to those who love the Lord. He wrote, “Bring the whole tithe into the
storehouse, so that there may be food in My house, and test Me now in this,
says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and
pour out for you a blessing until it overflows.” Notice the
promise connected to this promise, “Then I will rebuke the devourer for
you!"...so says the Lord. (Mal. 3:10-11).
Soooo, my good friends invest the whole tithe in the Lord’s
bank and let God place His mantle of protection around you and keep in mind
Jesus’ words in the Sermon on the Mount "No
one can serve to masters.”
Blessings,
Gramps
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