I read of a young Christian couple,they had just had a mortgage,to buy there first home,but they where concerned that material things would not weaken their love for their Saviour.They wrote out a prayer,which they often prayed.
/O God, who has given us so richly of this world's goods to enjoy,help us to live so lightly to them,so wholly to You,that were they all removed tomorrow,we would scarcely notice the difference/
Lets be very honest many of us would find it hard to pray that prayer,
and yet many Christians in the world are faced with loosing all their possessions as they face persecution,have lost their homes and possessions.
So many of us whole tightly to what we have,not appreciating that all we have is just borrowed,it is in Gods hands, as Job declared,the Lord gave,and the Lord hath taken away,blessed be the name of the Lord .[ 1 v 21].His wife had a different attitude,as she goaded him to curse God and die [2v9 ]
I wonder if I lost all would I be like Job,or like his wife?.
A prayer.
Dear God we confess that we appreciate what You have given us,help us not to hold unto them to tightly,in Jesus name we ask this Amen .
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