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God's Warrior
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A Christian View of MaterialismA Christian View of Materialism
Billy Graham
Peace with God
The Christian, above all others, should realize that we come into life with empty hands....and it is with empty hands that we leave it. Actually, we can possess nothing...no property and no person...along the way. It is God who owns everything, and we are but the stewards of His property during the brief time we are on Earth. Everything that we see about us that we count as our possessions only comprises a loan from God, and it is when we lose sight of this all-pervading truth that we become greedy and covetous.
When we clutch an object or a person and say, "This thing is mine," When we look with envious eyes at what another person has and plan to "get it by fair means or foul," we are forgetting that no matter what we get, we can't take it with us when we go to make our final accounting before the Seat of Judgment.
This does not mean that Earthly riches in themselves are a
sin...the Bible does not say that. The Bible makes it clear that God expects us to do the best we can with the talents, the abilities, the situations with which life endows us. But there is a right way and a wrong way to acquire money and a right way and a wrong way to achieve power.
"Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap".~Galatians 6:7
********* LET US PRAY *********
O Lord, help us, to recognize that our lives are given meaning by what we do and say. May we always, seek to lead our lives worthy of wearing the badge of ambassadors for Christ. Your word, tells us.."That if we walk upright no good thing will You withhold from us." Help us, to always remember that You are our Creator and our Sustainer. We are nothing without You. Teach us to lean upon You and You alone. Thank You for your never-ending, all-supplying Grace. In Your precious name we do pray. Amen.
Remember to find a place of worship, to thank God for bringing us to the close of another day. Always remember, that ...."Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him."~1st. Cor. 2:9
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