False Blessing

The Blessing

By William M. Self, Sr.

 

 
 

 Money can make you very comfortable but leave you with a false blessing

The temptation for all of us is to trust in the temporary blessings

Only one can ransom your life

Honor Him with your wealth and the way you get it

And you will find the true blessings

 

False Blessing

Wealth is a powerful thing.

It can not only buy you the things you

want in life it can make you look good.

If you live in a nice home or have a large

bank account, people will respect you.

I was just looking at a place in

the Keys of Florida on the internet.

I told Sandy, you get me down

there and you may not get me back.

All it would take is money.

Money, and a dream comes true.

To have enough money you can hire

 others to handle your stresses in life.

Yes, we all would like a little or a lot

more so we could live comfortably.

Many of us work very hard to 

try to get that life of comfort.

And some get it.

Work is something we were created for.

“Six days shall a man work

and on the seventh he shall rest.” 

Prospering is part of God’s plan.

Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked

or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers.

 But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.

 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season

and whose leaf does not wither.

Whatever he does prospers. Psalm 1:1-3 NIV

Although all this is true, all the wealth

in the world will not ransom a life.

“The ransom for a life is costly,

 no payment is ever enough”

“Though while he lived he counted himself blessed —

and men praise you when you prosper — 

he will join the generation of his fathers,

who will never see the light [of life].”

The temptation for all of us is to

trust in the temporary blessings.

But only one can ransom your life.

Honor Him with your wealth

and the way you get it…

And you will find the true blessings.

What does it profit a man if he gains

 the whole world and lose his soul. 

 

Scripture Reading

Psalm 49:5-20 NIV

5 Why should I fear when evil days come,

when wicked deceivers surround me — 

6 those who trust in their wealth

and boast of their great riches?

7 No man can redeem the life of another

or give to God a ransom for him — 

8 the ransom for a life is costly,

no payment is ever enough — 

9 that he should live on forever

and not see decay.

10 For all can see that wise men die;

the foolish and the senseless alike perish

and leave their wealth to others.

11 Their tombs will remain their houses forever,

their dwellings for endless generations,

though they had named lands after themselves.

12 But man, despite his riches, does not endure;

he is like the beasts that perish.

13 This is the fate of those who trust in themselves,

and of their followers, who approve their sayings. Selah

14 Like sheep they are destined for the grave,

and death will feed on them.

The upright will rule over them in the morning;

their forms will decay in the grave,

far from their princely mansions.

15 But God will redeem my life from the grave;

he will surely take me to himself. Selah

16 Do not be overawed when a man grows rich,

when the splendor of his house increases;

17 for he will take nothing with him when he dies,

his splendor will not descend with him.

18 Though while he lived he counted himself blessed —

and men praise you when you prosper — 

19 he will join the generation of his fathers,

who will never see the light [of life].

20 A man who has riches without understanding

is like the beasts that perish.