Short Story Of Genuine: Permanent Wealth
Genuine, Permanent Wealth
On a chilly winter evening, my family and I strolled through Chicago gazing as we went at the beautiful snow and lights that lit the city. Although the adventure brought lasting memories, I remember that as we walked my subconscious thought that not everyone happily hustled and bustled that day fully revealed itself. In fact, some of these people may have lived on the streets. Softly, near a store front, change clanked from an old man's cup and I became aware had needs along with many other people in the city. When one class of society may appear superior to another, as the shoppers in Chicago in comparison with the pleading beggars on the street, ultimately both types of people share a common problem – they cling to their physical luxuries as what gives them a status. Consequently, in the long run, whether one lives among the poor or the rich, his soul yearns …show more content…
Contrarily, no matter what position we obtain, if we do not know the love of Christ, we are needy. Connecting this truth in Scripture, Luke 12:33-34 says “Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also”1. In short, this verse expresses that if our hearts cling to possessions we will find out the hard way, just as a teenage girl, that such things never fill the hole in our hearts. Additionally, from 1 Samuel 16:7 it says, “For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.2” Maintaining our earthly social standing takes too much effort just as the poor man realizes. Instead, we have freedom to live lives controlled by Christ's outward-focused love because through his atoning work, we inherit eternal satisfaction. Thus, when we ask God for a status which reflects Him, genuine, permanent wealth, in Christ,
On a chilly winter evening, my family and I strolled through Chicago gazing as we went at the beautiful snow and lights that lit the city. Although the adventure brought lasting memories, I remember that as we walked my subconscious thought that not everyone happily hustled and bustled that day fully revealed itself. In fact, some of these people may have lived on the streets. Softly, near a store front, change clanked from an old man's cup and I became aware had needs along with many other people in the city. When one class of society may appear superior to another, as the shoppers in Chicago in comparison with the pleading beggars on the street, ultimately both types of people share a common problem – they cling to their physical luxuries as what gives them a status. Consequently, in the long run, whether one lives among the poor or the rich, his soul yearns …show more content…
Contrarily, no matter what position we obtain, if we do not know the love of Christ, we are needy. Connecting this truth in Scripture, Luke 12:33-34 says “Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also”1. In short, this verse expresses that if our hearts cling to possessions we will find out the hard way, just as a teenage girl, that such things never fill the hole in our hearts. Additionally, from 1 Samuel 16:7 it says, “For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.2” Maintaining our earthly social standing takes too much effort just as the poor man realizes. Instead, we have freedom to live lives controlled by Christ's outward-focused love because through his atoning work, we inherit eternal satisfaction. Thus, when we ask God for a status which reflects Him, genuine, permanent wealth, in Christ,