ODJ: spouse for sale
How distinguished the king of Israel looked today (v.20). READ: 2 Samuel 6:16-22 Recently, I read an article about a 38-year-old guy who offered his wife for sale. I wondered, what would drive a man to sell his spouse to the highest bidder? Then, I read his advertisement: “Nagging wife. No tax, very high maintenance—some rust.” That’s [...]
When I Fall In Love
By Poh Fang Chia I love romantic comedies and the warm fuzzy feelings it gives. But after watching and reading copious amount of novels and movies, perhaps like me, you are wondering: What is the biblical idea of love? What does it mean when a couple falls in love? And falls out of love? Check [...]
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February 10, 2010
READ: Luke 12:13-21
Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. —Luke 12:34
I watch the fluctuations of the stock market and reflect on the effects of fear and greed. A character in a 1980s movie had this philosophy: “Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right! Greed works! . . . Greed [will] save . . . the USA!” What foolish thinking!
I think of that occasion when a man asked Jesus to serve as an arbiter and make his brother share their inheritance. Jesus refused the request but went on to do the man a greater kindness. He pointed out the motive behind the man’s request and its consequences: “Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses” (Luke 12:15).
Then Jesus told a parable about a man who harvested a bumper crop and began to make plans to increase and enjoy his riches. He concluded: “God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?’ So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God” (vv.20-21).
The trouble with greed is that ultimately our goods go. But worse—we go. Better to store up treasure in heaven, invest in spiritual riches, and become “rich toward God.” — David H. Roper
Our real wealth is what we invest for eternity.
Source: Our Daily Bread
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