“The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it. The world and all its people belong to him” - Psalm 24:1 (NIV)
There are two kinds of people in life you are most likely to find anywhere. There are those who are madly in love with this world and work 24/7 to possess anything they can lay their hands on. In fact, where it means taking the life of those who stand in their way, so will it be. There are full of themselves for their possessions and accomplishments which they boast of at every single opportunity. Possessed with this world they have little time for God.
And then there are those who hate this world to the point of not even taking care of their lives. Hardly do they work to improve their livelihood insisting they do not belong to this world. They care for no possession aside from a few basic needs. For some they live like creatures of the wild forests without any worries to improve on their surroundings.
These two extremes are far from how God intended us to live here on earth. The earth as it belongs to the Lord is for the children of God to enjoy. It is not for those who have rejected Him to feast of its pleasures. God desires good things for His children here on earth and so we should all pray to be blessed. In fact He has given us a manual of how we can prosper through His word the Bible.
At the same time we should not be so carried on like as if we here for ever. Some people live like they have a permanent address on this earth only to get a most certain rude shock in the end. The right attitude of a believer is that we are here for a while but are in transit for eternity with the Lord. Whatever we posses should only point us to the goodness of the Lord whom we serve and gladly wait to spend eternity with.
Prayer for today: Lord Father in heaven today I pray in the mighty name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth that I have the correct attitude when it comes to possessing the things of this world.
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Just before fire was unleashed down on Sodom and Gommorah, Lot was told to pack up with his wife and two daughters and leave their homestead. Now, once out of danger, “But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt” ( Gen 19:26). Perhaps here we might pause and ask why she was bothered to look back.
Of course it could have been that old “curiosity killed a cat” mistake! Yet, it could also have been Lot’s wife was not sure where she was going and longed for her old life back. This is a common error. There was nothing stirring to look back. Just before Lot’s neighbors had attacked his house eager to rape his visitors. “They called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them” ( vv 5). Was there anything worth looking back to!
The case of Lot’s wife could be anyone else’s experience. The Lord has plucked you out of some mess. You have been delivered to a new life. Yet, somehow you decide to look back, as though there was anything good and worth longing for. Sometimes it is a bitter past you have been delivered from. Other than rejoice in your new blessings you keep being drawn back!
A wise caution goes, “As a dog returns to its vomit, so fools repeat their folly” ( Proverbs 26:11). If the Lord has just led you out of a certain mess why look back like it was much better! Instead look ahead, for “he who made a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters, who drew out the chariots and horses, the army and reinforcements together, and they lay there, never to rise again, extinguished, snuffed out like a wick: Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past” ( vv 17- 18).
Prayer today: Lord Father God of Abraham, maker of heaven and earth, I thank you for delivering me from the darkness of the past and I look forward to a bright new future in you, this I pray in Jesus’ name!
