MONEY WON'T CUT IT

 

MONEY WON’T CUT IT

Prov. 11:4 Riches won’t help on the Day of Judgment, but right living is a safeguard against death. NLT

Our world promotes wealth. Everything is measured by it. The only way the world has of being noticed is by the riches it possesses. If you don’t have wealth, you might as well forget it. You will be swallowed up in the masses and no one will even notice. Yet, all the money in the world will not get you one second in heaven. Like everything else on earth, all the wealth of earth is going to be burned up on the Day of Judgment. There will not be one penny left to be found anywhere on earth. Strive after it all you want, but the Lord does not care at all about what you do or do not accumulate on earth, but He does care about what you do with what you have and your attitude towards it.

Riches are a blessing from God and should always be used for His honor and glory. Hoarding riches is not good for the soul. If riches become your security blanket for the future, they become your god instead of God. If you are driven to accumulate “enough” before you loosen your hold on it, you will never have enough. All the riches on earth combined will never gain you favor with God or allow you to enter into heaven when you die.

Right living is our only safeguard against spiritual death. Living right with God is the only thing that will get us into heaven. There is only one way to God and that is through Jesus. It is not sin to have wealth, but it is sin to let wealth take Christ’s rightful place in your heart and life.