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James 1:9-11
9 The brother in humble circumstances ought to take pride in his high position. 10 But the one who is rich should take pride in his low position, because he will pass away like a wild flower. 11 For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way, the rich man will fade away even while he goes about his business.
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Ok so this is the whole of the idea I started yesterday but did not get all of it. It certainly is a warning to not be so concerned with the accumulation of worldly wealth. There is so many other scriptures about not being about to serve two masters, God and money. I know there are so many of my fellow believers who are so cheap, storing up as much as they can to for retirement and because I speak out about this I think I am looked down at or at least looked at as a fool because I trust God for my daily needs. Sometimes I wonder if I am wrong, if I have it all wrong about this wealth thing, but then I read verses like this and am reaffirmed in my beliefs. I know worldly wealth offers the opportunity of great creature comforts, and being able to have whatever my heart desires, but I have to believe life is more than that. I have so much now, sure not a lot of money, nothing stored up, but I have a lot of creature comforts that God has provided for me. I cannot conceive of being so focused on wealth I forget about what God says about it. This stuff, this worldly stuff will all pass away, when I die, I die, and I cannot take one bit of it with me. The Pharaohs’ tried that and lost, the emperors of china tried it too and they also lost. I am not going to lose. I am not going to be so bent on getting and saving as much as I can in order to simply have it. No, I want more of God. I want whatever God desires for me, whatever that is I am more than content with. I see all the stuff, especially those fancy high powered cars and wonder how what it would be like to have enough to get one. Is that lust? There are all forms of temptations regarding worldly things, but that is all there are, temptations and that is not sin, unless I start going about a way to obtain those temptations, yearning for them, doing things to get them and the like. I know I deal with temptations but I will not allow them to rule over me. I will remained focused on God and believe he will provide all my needs according to his riches in glory.