We all have things we want and people we want in our life. Whether it is a diamond ring, a bigger screen TV or a person we have been admiring who we think can add value to our life. We often strive and work for these things or people. I know I've wanted many things in my life; sports car, house, electronics, girls and etc. However, after often getting those things, it or they weren't what I expected them to be. Even if the things did live up to what I expected, it got old after a while and there was another want. Another great electronic gadget or thing I felt was needed. I can think of things I even want now; a bigger house with more features, a blu ray player, treadmill, etc and etc. I remember before I bought my house and how I stressed out about it. Then after getting my house, I was introduced to the wonderful world of having to pay for a house note. In Matthew 6:33 it is written, "But seek first HIS kingdom and HIS righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Here is the link to the all of Matthew 6 (http://www.biblica.com/bible/verse/index.php?q=matthew6&niv=yes). God has instructed us not to worry about our earthy wants and desires; what we will eat or drink and what clothes we want. God posses the question, "Is life more important than food and the body more important than clothes?" Shouldn't we focus on the eternal and not things we will eventually get rid of, not want and lose? However, how can one focus on these eternal things? Matthew 6:24 it is written that "No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money." While at times when my back was against the wall I tried money to make me feel better. I bought this or that and for a brief moment I felt a little better, but in the long run my back was still against the wall and I was still in pain. Never-the-less, when I turned to God, even when I felt weak, God gave me not only the strength I needed to make it through, but joy in the process. Who else can do this? I know my dad, ma and friends can often encourage with providing joy in the process, but no one but God offers complete peace. In addition, I learned that the things I've often fought for, God did not want for me. Now my cousin once said you can either work with God or against God? We know God's will is going to be done regardless of our choices, so we should try to learn and be patient for what riches God has in store for us instead of wondering why we didn't get this job, get married to this person, and so on and so fourth. God protects us and know which situations are good for us and which are bad. If we only get to know God better through his word and a relationship with God. If only we would spend the time with God that we do concerning ourselves with what probably won't matter in months or years to come. King David knew God so he relied on God when his enemies pursued him. God gave us HIS most believed treasure in HIS son. Why don't we trust God that he wants that which is good for us? Why do we constantly fight for that which isn't good. Why do we choose to fight God? What are you fighting for? I pray we turn our hearts to God and HIS riches instead of worldly things that will eventually pass away.
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1Peter 5:6
6 So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor. 7 Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you
Job 19:25-26 (New International Version)
25 I know that my Redeemer lives,
and that in the end he will stand upon the earth. [b]
26 And after my skin has been destroyed,
yet in [d] my flesh I will see God;
Ecclesiastes 7:14
In the day of prosperity be happy, But in the day of adversity consider-- God has made the one as well as the other So that man will not discover anything that will be after him.
Romans 8:28-37 NIV
More Than Conquerors
28And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him,[a] who[b] have been called according to his purpose. 29For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. 30And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.
31What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? 33Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. 34Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. 35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36As it is written:
"For your sake we face death all day long;
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered."[c] 37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
Psalms 33
16 No king is saved by the size of his army;
no warrior escapes by his great strength.
17 A horse is a vain hope for deliverance;
despite all its great strength it cannot save.
18 But the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear him,
on those whose hope is in his unfailing love,
19 to deliver them from death
and keep them alive in famine.
20 We wait in hope for the LORD;
he is our help and our shield.
21 In him our hearts rejoice,
for we trust in his holy name.
22 May your unfailing love rest upon us, O LORD,
even as we put our hope in you.
Psalm 1
1 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 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. 3 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.
