17 You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.
My first read through I came up empty, but as I re-read this stuck out to me as a challenge very relevant to me an many of us in the US. It is quite easy to get caught in the trap of having sufficient resources to think I've got everything I need and lose focus on my need for Jesus.
I hope I don't do this but if I'm honest with myself there is an element of me that gets sucked into thinking I have it all covered. But it could not be farther from the truth. Having more money and stuff does not and has not made me happier, the times I'm most content is when I have been closest to Jesus. How is that so easy to forget?
knut
Amen to that. The more stuff we have, the more energy it takes so maintain, sustain it. It becomes exhausting. We had a guy come and speak at our church a couple of weeks ago. He talked about how he was a college football athlete, had everything....all the adoration, the records, the women....it was like drinking "salt-water." It doesn't satisfy you. It just makes you want/need more. I think the "stuff" we maintain is the same way. It doesn't really satisfy. It gives us a temporary sense of accomplishment, or stability...but, we aren't really controlling anything. You hit it on the head!
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