Topic: Psalm 49:1-13
For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others. Psalm 49:10
My father was a sharecropper in north Mississippi when he and my mother began our family in the depths of the Depression. They always told us they hardly knew when the Depression hit because they still had nothing. But many people who did not live off the land were devastated, losing everything they had. Many who have the experience of losing it all believe they simply cannot go on with life.
Today, in contrast, it has even become acceptable to some believers to have as one of their life goals the amassing of wealth. We may call it by a more spiritual sounding name, but it is still the same. We become something like the foolish farmer Jesus spoke about who could think of nothing better to do with his God-given blessings than to hoard them to himself. How can believers ever think we can protect ourselves from all the rough edges of life with full wallets?
Father, no matter how many things I have, I know I still must put my trust only in You.