“Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; 17. For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.” (Beauchamp translation: “He can’t take it with him…”)
Echoing the above text, Job said: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will leave this life. The Lord gives and the Lord takes away, praise the name of the Lord.” Job 1:21 (CSB) The Christian comedian, Dennis Swanberg said: “Here’s a simple test: if you can see it, it’s not going to last. The things that last are the things you cannot see.” The great figure of the Reformation, Martin Luther, wrote: “Many things I have tried to grasp and have lost. That which I have placed in God’s hands I still have.” The point here is that there is nothing in this world that you can take to the grave or to your eternal destiny with you. One of my favorite sayings is that: “You never see a U-Haul behind a hearse.” I want you stop and think about this with me: Ultimately, when we die it will not matter what kind of clothes they bury us in. It will not matter what kind of house we lived in, whether a mansion or a hovel. It will not matter whether we were considered winners or losers. It will not matter whether we were rich or poor. The only thing that will matter is whether or not Jesus Christ was our Savior. The stuff that we accumulate here will lose its significance to us if we will just stop and think of how temporary they are. As we grow in Christ, we come to realize that our real treasures are eternal. David wrote in Psalm 23:1 “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.” I think that what He meant was that the Lord simplified his needs, and that He wanted for himself what God wanted for him. At least, that is the ideal. We cannot build our lives on things that we can touch, or see. We have no possessions that are eternal That is gospel truth! What is the “stuff” that you hold so dear to your heart? They might be precious family heirlooms, or expensive baubles, but you cannot take them with you when you go. One fellow who had a very wealthy friend, who had died, was asked by another friend, “how much did Sam leave?” His answer was “all of it.” Exactly!!!! Think about it. Bro. Joe
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