No Distractions

DEVOTION
PROVERBS
NO DISTRACTIONS
Prov 10:15
15 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city,
but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
NIV
Of what society does this speak? Surely no matter the financial situation of any person in one social setting could be consider rich compared to someone in another social setting. Still there is truth in that material wealth may well act as a source for security to those who have it. They may well put their trust in wealth as a means to escape trouble, at least in the here and now. Wealth certainly can afford its owner the creature comforts desired. It would appear only wealth can make more wealth in a sense and the poor are trapped in their condition because poverty can only multiply additional poverty. It would also appear the rich become so on the backs of the poor. It is the labor of the poor which produces the wealth for the rich. Servants have labored in the fields of kings. Workers labor in the factories of the owners. But there is far more here than just the abundance or lack of money. Although man can find himself in either situation, and even perhaps of his own doing, it is evident each has forgotten the real truth of life. I have learned to be content in whatever situation I am in. I do not think the earthy condition or situation makes any difference to the true believer. True, there are believers who have wealth and some who do not. I also think some might get distracted from trusting in God because of either having or not having wealth. Sure, I enjoy a certain amount of wealth, especially if I compare myself to those who live in the welfare state or some impoverished county. Yet I would be considered by some in this country as being poor. So what does it matter what situation I am in? I must be content. Now does that mean I should be unproductive or apathetic? I think not! I have an obligation to provide for my family both in a material and a spiritual sense. But the wealth or poverty of this world in not my focus, it is the Kingdom of God. Why should I be concerned whether I am rich or poor? Why should I care about my situation, for neither provides salvation? I shall not be distracted by either of those positions in life. I put God ahead of both, no distractions.