Some spend their lives trying to get rich, but in reality they have nothing. Others make themselves poor, but have great riches. How true of those who dedicate their lives to serving for God's glory!
I also think it's interesting how in Proverbs we are told, the wealth of the sinner is being laid up for the righteous.
I remember hearing a preacher talk about the storehouses of heaven, storehouses of unclaimed blessings. There is enough for all, but many of them are unclaimed. The sinners don't realize the reward waiting for the faithful... In the end, the faithful will inherit all.
This passage strikes me afresh today though: "There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end there of are the ays of death." (Prov. 14:12)
There is a way that seemeth right....
You know, from human standpoint, many ways seems right.... with human wisdom, many ways seem logical and the best way to take... but God knows the end of the story. "In deciding upon any course of action we are not to ask whether we can see that harm will result from it, but whether it is in keeping with the will of God." (Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 634)
Let us not follow the path that seemeth right, but follow God by faith, even when we are walking a path that does NOT seem right... Remember the just walk by faith and not by sight.
Tomorrow's Reading: Prov. 15-16 and 1 Thes. 1
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