It is well for us to keep oriented and know that we have a God of abundant love. Jesus says to us as reported in Matthew's gospel:
19-21"Don't hoard treasure down here where it gets eaten by moths and corroded by rust or—worse!—stolen by burglars. Stockpile treasure in heaven, where it's safe from moth and rust and burglars. It's obvious, isn't it? The place where your treasure is, is the place you will most want to be, and end up being.
22-23"Your eyes are windows into your body. If you open your eyes wide in wonder and belief, your body fills up with light. If you live squinty-eyed in greed and distrust, your body is a dank cellar. If you pull the blinds on your windows, what a dark life you will have!
24"You can't worship two gods at once. Loving one god, you'll end up hating the other. Adoration of one feeds contempt for the other. You can't worship God and Money both.
(Translation: The Message, by Eugene Peterson)
2 comments:
Thanks, Ted. It is so easy to be "stirred up" over these concerns. Perhaps this is the time for me to listen to more music, less talk, on the radio.
I read further on in The Message to verses 30-33 in this 6th chapter of Matthew which I found helpful: "What I'm trying to do here is to get you to relax, to not be so preoccupied with 'getting,' so you can respond to God's 'giving.'
I like that Jesus gives us permission to 'relax.'
Thanks, Ted. It is so easy to be "stirred up" over these concerns. Perhaps this is the time for me to listen to more music, less talk, on the radio.
I read further on in The Message to verses 30-33 in this 6th chapter of Matthew which I found helpful: "What I'm trying to do here is to get you to relax, to not be so preoccupied with 'getting,' so you can respond to God's 'giving.'
I like that Jesus gives us permission to 'relax.'
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