May 24, 2024 – Oh, To Be RICH

Oh, To Be RICH
May 24, 2024

DAILY PROVERB:

Proverbs 13:7-9
There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches. The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke. The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

OUTLOOK ON THE IN BOOK:

    Oh, to be RICH! To have all the money you would ever want. If we are honest, this seems like the dream of most people today. Admit it, we all want to be financially secure. To be able to do whatever we want, and to go wherever we would like to go. However, there is a difference in financial security and the overwhelming desire to be rich. We often find people with lots of money are not really happy. Let them get deathly ill, they would trade everything for a few more days of life.

    Verse 7 could be read a couple of different ways. “There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing.” You might see this as a person who has attained all the wealth they might want, but in the process, they have forgotten family, friends, and God. Now, even with all this wealth, they are empty inside. Then again, you may read this as someone who has very little financially; however, they have made themselves rich with a fine family, a love for God, and great Christian friends, and yet the world sees them as having nothing.

    Verse 7 also says, “There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.” Some people who have money live simple lives. Not flaunting a God-given abundance financially but using it as God would intend them to. No one around them knows of their wealth. Then there are also people who choose to live amazingly simple lives; they never desire much in this world, yet they are rich in family and have a rich inheritance with God.

    The question is, “What makes you RICH?” If it’s only money, then you’re actually very poor. What really matters in life are relationships. Relationships with family and friends are important, but the most important relationship is the one you have with God. If you have that, you are wealthy indeed!

THE WORD WALKING IN ME:

    This would be a great day to call and renew a relationship. It would also be a great time to call on God and keep that relationship on track. If you’ve never had a relationship with God, He is waiting to start one. Then you can say, “I am RICH.”

What makes you feel rich?

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this Passage, and todays Devotion?

Do I find within this reading a CHALLENGE for my life?

What are one or two things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?

  

GOD TALKING TO ME: May 24, 2024

THROUGH THE BIBLE WITH A DAILY PROVERBS
    2 Chronicles 24-28
   Proverbs 13:7-9

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
   1 Kings 18-19
   John 8:1-30