all the things

Then Jesus said to them, “Be careful and guard against all kinds of greed. People do not get life from the many things they own.”

- Luke 6:38 (ERV)

 

The great literary classic A Tale Of Two Citiesbegins:

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way – in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.”

I wonder if Charles Dickens perhaps used Luke 6:38 as the inspiration for this novel.

I read somewhere that although Charles Dickens wanted to be popular and wealthy through his writing, he always had one goal in mind, he wanted his novels to be parables, stories that would emphasize the teachings of Christ.

In the parable of the rich fool, Jesus gives two brothers fighting over their inheritance a strong warning about thinking that their possessions can give their life worth and ultimate value.

Greed grips our hearts when we place material things (or anything) in the place of God and His ultimate approval and blessings in our life.

We can make these the best of times, use the wisdom of the age, live in the Light, in the spring of hope and know that we are going to Heaven because we have been given the very best God has to offer.

Don’t be greedy – here I reference another Charles Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol, where spirits are sent to Ebenezer Scrooge to show him what greed has done for him, what he has lost and what he will lose.

Sometimes it feels that our happiness in linked to our possessions.

We need to get out of that mindset sooner rather than later.

Remember that God will provide you with everything you need right now, what you have is enough right now.

When Israel left Egypt, God provided manna every day, more than enough to feed everyone, and He told the people to gather only what they needed for that day, to trust that He would provide. 

Life doesn’t come down to what you own, but how you use it in glorifying God.

Nice things are nice, but they are just things.

Things go away, God is forever.  

All our “stuff” won’t matter the day we meet our Savior face to face.

 

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