Verse of the Day 11/20

 

Hebrews 13:5-6 Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you." ⁶So we can confidently say,

"The Lord is my helper;
    I will not fear;
what can man do to me?"   English Standard Version (ESV)

The first few words of today's verse should jump out at us.  "Keep your life free", the opposite of being free is to be a slave.  You would think that no one would want to be a slave. The sad thing is that many of us are slaves to something, something that demands our time, our thoughts and our devotions and many of those things will be fueled by and revolve around money.

 

I remember the movie "Wall Street" from years ago, the one take away line that I still hear is "greed is good".  Unfortunately, many people have bought that lie.  There lives become, they become a slave of money to the point of being consumed by, of hoarding, of accumulating more than they could ever use.  And where does this lead them and where does this leave them.  Empty and oftentimes alone.

 

We need money for every day things food, clothing, shelter and other necessities.  But the desire to become "financially independent" can too often lead to coming to the end of life feeling alone and forsaken by what had been invested in; namely money.

 

Today's verse, in The Message, starts by saying "don't be obsessed with getting more material things".  In yesterday's passage David spoke of making a daily sacrifice of himself to God.  His attitude was that of verse 6 here in Hebrews 13.  He was dependent on God, he was not afraid of a downturn in the market, but trusted in God "fearlessly" to be there for him, to provide for him day by day.  May it be so with us today and day by day.

 

In Christ,
Mike

 

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Hebrews 13:5-6The Message (MSG)

^5-6 Don't be obsessed with getting more material things. Be relaxed with what you have. Since God assured us, "I'll never let you down, never walk off and leave you," we can boldly quote,

God is there, ready to help;
I'm fearless no matter what.
Who or what can get to me?