True Wealth

DEVOTION
PROVERBS
TRUE WEALTH
Prov 15:6
6 The house of the righteous contains great treasure,
but the income of the wicked brings them trouble.
NIV
Would this imply that when a person becomes righteous he will also become wealthy? Is the treasure contained within the house of the righteous an abundance of material wealth? There is a far greater wealth which this saying speaks of then the simply material gain of this world. A treasure that can be passed down to future generations that will not run out as the wealth of this world could. This treasure, of course, is a relationship with Almighty God. This treasure is having Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. It does not matter how much wealth of this world an individual has. Even the poorest of families are able to have this great treasure within their home. What greater treasure could there be? What creature comforts which money can buy could supply the richness to the spirit that Jesus does? Those who do not know Christ as Lord and Savior, those who God calls wicked may have material wealth, but it may well be they are vexed by this wealth too. The passion for more, the lust and lure of material gain, the envy of those with more of it will in fact be a robber of true joy. The wicked who do not know Christ thirst after the things of this world, but will always be thirsty for nothing will quench their appetite for more. What they have will never be enough; it will always be a troublesome life of emptiness. The wicked guard their wealth in fear of it being stolen and fearing being left penniless. But the righteous do not live like that. They know the full pleasure of true treasure. They enjoy the peace and contentment of being in the Kingdom of God. They live in a place of pure joy. Their treasure is secured and cannot be stolen. This life is filled with the pleasure of knowing Christ as Lord and Savior, a treasure of great worth, greater than all the wealth of this world. So who then is truly wealthy, the righteous of course.