IT’S NOT HOW MUCH WE HAVE THAT MATTERS

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In Christ, Mark

The scriptures. May God bless the reading of His holy word.

Dishonest money dwindles away, but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.

Better a little with righteousness than much gain with injustice.
The wicked accept bribes in secret to pervert the course of justice. 

Proverbs 13:11, 16:8, 17:23

This ends this reading from God's holy word. Thanks be to God.

NOTE: I am heading overseas today and then to sea for a few weeks. I hope to be able to post while away but if not, I will continue The Christian Walk when I return in early November. Blessings to all the readers of the word of the Lord that I share every day through this ministry.

I am taking my next to last class needed to earn a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology and have been learning all about sociological theory. It’s interesting that there was a lot of focus on the matter of capitalism by earlier sociologists like Karl Mark and Max Weber, perhaps because of the effects of money making on the collective psyche of the world’s people. There is no doubt that there was, and still is today, a strong drive to do whatever is needed to get rich, even if it means getting there illicitly.

Indeed, money can easily lead us astray as the quest for it distracts or even removes our desire to place our full attention on the only One who can truly make us rich, the One who shows us over and over again that it isn’t how much we have that matters. God’s word from the following Proverbs underscores this truth:

Dishonest money dwindles away, but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow. Proverbs 13:11

Better a little with righteousness than much gain with injustice. Proverbs 16:8

The word of the Lord is clear here. While the world may try and convince us that we should only be concerned with acquiring and accumulating as much wealth as possible, the Bible shares that it’s not how much we have that counts as much as the righteousness we display while living out our daily lives. In fact, if it means we end up with little because we earned what we have the right (or righteous) way then we are richer than even the wealthiest person who gained their riches dishonestly or unjustly. And as we continue to earn what we have the right way, little by little, then we can expect that the Lord can and will bless us and ensure that what little we do have grows.

Frankly, just knowing we are living in a way that is pleasing in His sight should be enough to richly bless us but there’s so much more for us to rejoice in. For as we shift our focus away from our pursuit of money to a pursuit of the Lord and His will and way, we find that we are far more satisfied and fulfilled by knowing that we are rich in Him: rich in His Spirit, rich through our obedience in Him, and rich in His love and mercy and grace.

In the end, if we allow the Lord to be the Lord of our life, we will see that it’s not how much we have that matters. Rather, it’s who we have our faith and trust in that really counts. Today and every day, make that the Lord God Almighty and you will never go wrong.

You can bank on it.

Amen.

In Christ,

Mark

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