G O S P E L
Distractions are death to the spiritual life, and one of the biggest sources of distractions here on earth is wealth. It is what causes us to focus on all that the world can offer, but to what avail? Can the world or anything in it offer eternal life? The Scriptures clearly witness to the fact that we will all die, even apart from logic, telling us that our bodies will eventually wear out.
Matthew 19:23-30
23 Jesus said to his disciples: “Amen, I say to you, it will be hard for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” 25 When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and said, “Who then can be saved?” 26 Jesus looked at them and said, “For human beings this is impossible, but for God all things are possible.” 27 Then Peter said to him in reply, “We have given up everything and followed you. What will there be for us?” 28 Jesus said to them, “Amen, I say to you that you who have followed me, in the new age, when the Son of Man is seated on his throne of glory, will yourselves sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 29 And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times more, and will inherit eternal life. 30 But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.”
Job 10-13
my reflections
t h i n k : It is the pride and arrogance of the people in seeking to follow their own counsel and wisdom rather than God’s that is their downfall.
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