Had poor sleep these 2 days due to work at odd hours (3-5am) and all that for money. With all this money I might be tempted to think that stuff I buy is really mine. Money I give is well.. above and beyond the norm which is hoarding supplies. While in earthly terms that is in fact true and we enjoy the fruits of our labour I think we sometimes just get lost in all the stuff we accumulate. For Christians, I’d like to propose that the stuff we buy is not ours.
- Our lives are given, our eternities are bought with a price. That makes us wholly and solely owned by God.
- We spend our life which is our time, earning money which we then spend on stuff.
- Stuff is really bought with our life.
- Therefore stuff is really God’s since it was bought with the life he gave to us.
It really doesn’t matter who gets what I guess.. we’ll never know what his specific will is in this life but we do know we need to glorify him in this body since we were bought with a price (1 Corinthians 6:19-20). As long as that happens (which it hasn’t) you can be assured God would be pleased because his hidden will doesn’t go against his revealed will and he cannot deny himself regarding what he has said and promised.
Putting whoever is really right aside (since everyone thinks they are right, this speaks to all..), being right is no license to being barbaric with the hammer of truth. I’ve learned that time and again when dealing with people and being a sore winner doesn’t show love. I just wished everyone would act their age and stop fighting over their toys.
Off to bed I go! Hopefully get some good sleep. Bought a wireless mic today and realised how expensive they really were.. lol..
August 2nd, 2010 at 2:41 pm
for pt3, i think it should be “we are actually exchanging our time, blood, and sweat for stuff”