“Better is a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble with it.” (Proverbs 15:16) I recently experienced an “aha” moment while reading the Bible and meditating on contentment. Just to clarify, contentment is not the same as happiness, even though the thesaurus lists them as…
“Beware that you do not forget the LORD your God by not keeping His commandments, His judgments, and His statutes which I command you today, lest—when you have eaten and are full, and have built beautiful houses and dwell in them, and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver…
He then told them, “Watch out and be on guard against all greed, because one’s life is not in the abundance of his possessions.” (Luke 12:15, CSB) One of my favorite summertime treats is a Slurpee, that flavored slushy drink so cold it gives brain freeze. When the temperature sizzles,…
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there…
“I thought to myself, ‘Come now, I will try self-indulgent pleasure to see if it is worthwhile.’ But I found that it also is futile” (Ecclesiastes 2:1, New English Translation). Many people live with the belief that “things” make us happy. The more things we possess, the happier we become.…
“Heaven and earth shall pass away but my words shall not pass away” (Luke 21:33 in the King James Version of the Holy Bible). I had a passing thought this morning as I was cleaning and dusting my collectables that require constant care. One of these days the world as I…
More! The best! To possess it first! It seems as soon as we obtain one thing there is another that we must have too. Dresses and shoes sit in our closets, often with price tags still attached, while we shop for more.
“The person with the most toys wins!” Whether those words would ever come out of our mouths or not, that is exactly how we live.
We worry and fret that our best will never be good enough and that our friends and neighbors will upstage us. What a waste of time.
There is one way to ensure that we always have all that we need.
“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you” (Matthew 6:34).
Prayer: Dear God, help us to remember that as long as You’re all we want, we will have all that we need.
Devotion by Bonnie Peacock
More! The best! To possess it first! It seems as soon as we obtain one thing there is another that we must have too. Dresses and shoes sit in our closets, often with price tags still attached, while we shop for more. “The person with the most toys wins!” Whether those words would ever come out of our mouths or not, that is exactly how we live. We worry and fret that our best will never be good enough and that our friends and neighbors will upstage us. What a waste of time. There is one way to ensure that we always have all that we need. “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you” (Matthew 6:34).
Prayer: Dear God, help us to remember that as long as You’re all we want, we will have all that we need.