It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. (Mark 10:25)
Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me. (Mark 10:21)
And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD. (Job 1:21)
As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand. (Ecclesiastes 5:15)
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. (1 Timothy 6:10)
Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him. And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great: (Genesis 26:12-13)
The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it. (Proverbs 10:6)
But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:19)
Praise JESUS
In this edition of the devotion, we shall see what the Holy Bible tells us about the accumulation of wealth. We will base our meditation on some scriptural references from both Old and New Testament.
Two people were talking to each other; one person asked to another one, “How much wealth did Rockefeller left to his son?” the other person replied, “He left all”. Yes, Rockefeller didn’t carry anything with him after his death. Rockefeller was one of the richest person lived in USA, the first billionaire of USA.
Job, “… the greatest of all the men of the east” (Job 1:3) and King Solomon (both of them have seen the pinnacle of wealth), had said that the material wealth cannot be taken into eternity from this world (Job1:21 & Ecclesiastes 5:15).
Apostle Paul said, “For the love of money is the root of all evil: …” (1 Timothy 6:10)
Does this mean that the people who walk with our GOD should not have material blessings?
In the Holy Bible, we could see Abraham, who was called as a Friend of GOD by GOD HIMSELF, (Isaiah 41:8) became very rich person (Genesis 24:35), also his son, Isaac became very rich, he became so rich to such an extent that the king of the land where Isaac lived started to fear Isaac (Genesis 26:29). “The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it” (Proverbs 10:6)
Also we could see in the Holy Bible, an young man who is also rich came running to our LORD JESUS CHRIST and asked, “…Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?”(Mark 10:17), I am very much impressed by his question. I am not sure how many people in today’s world seriously think about their eternity, even believers who attend the Church regularly. It is so sad that many people seek the LORD for worldly blessings only.
Our LORD JESUS CHRIST asked that young man to sell his wealth, give it to the poor, and then take up the Cross and follow HIM, but that young man couldn’t do that because he was very rich. The rich man’s wealth cost him his Holy calling. We could read this incident in Mark 10:17-23.
We could see in the Holy Bible that our LORD JESUS CHRIST doesn’t called everyone to follow HIM, HE chose only few and others HE asked them to stay with their family.
So I could conclude the meditation like this, “Wealth within the will of GOD is a blessing, but the wealth outside the will of GOD could lead us to sin and may even cost our eternity”
Our LORD JESUS CHRIST said, “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God” (Mark 10:25)
Hallelujah
