USING THE GIFTS WE ARE GIVEN TO SERVE CAUSE OF GOD IS WHAT BRINGS US TRUE, LASTING PEACE
It takes prayer. We repeat this often. A new year is a good time to start it. Let this year be another step away from materialism. Use your gifts from God. Remember to never focus on money.
Often we see wealthy people and wonder why they have been so greatly “rewarded” for ventures that, in some cases, are purely selfish. On the surface it is almost miraculous. They have a power that we don’t. They can send their kids to the Ivy League. They can afford to travel whenever they feel the urge. Cars are toys to them. They seem to have it all. They don’t worry about paying the electric bill. It seems like a charmed life.
But when wealth has been achieved wrongly (at the expense of others), it is a burden, even a curse. When used for selfish purposes it puts us out of touch with the Plan of God, and the life of someone who is out of God’s plan is a life of “wonders” that are superficial. All of what we have and are belongs to God, and in some way must be made to serve Him. How we handle our money affects how much God will bless us. “If you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth,” says Scripture, “who will trust you with true riches?”
Forget about trying to be a cross between holy and worldly.
When God reviews your life and asks what you have done, He won’t be very impressed if you say, “Well, I took the money and bought myself a mansion. I also bought myself a Bentley. I bought the largest yacht and parked it in front of another mansion that was my summer home.”
Can you imagine how God will respond to that, and how the billionaire will feel when the Lord explains that the money had been earmarked for God’s purposes? In Heaven, there are no "real housewives" who wallow in all the glitters. (The glamour of evil is purged in purgatory.)
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