Bible Verse of the Day Sunday March 21st 2021

Luke 12:15 Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.

Since the dawn of time, covetousness has been the cornerstone of the foundation of greed. It was among the ten commandments that Moses brought down from Mount Sinai, God's Law, and the plans for building the tabernacle. Paul taught us that we should be content with whatever circumstance that God has brought us to (Philippians 4:1). Peter also tells us that God's divine power has given us all things that we need to sustain a Godly life (2 Peter 1:3). The problem arises when we cannot differentiate between our needs, our wants, or carnal desires. Jesus is explaining to all that read this verse of scripture that the physical part of our lives is unimportant when compared with the spiritual. The former is very temporary and transitory, while the latter is eternal. It is more important to be right in the spirit with our Lord and Savior, Christ Jesus, than to have a bank full of gold and silver. God does not look into our financial portfolio when deciding whether or not to allow us entry into heaven; the only measurement that matters to God is the 'Lambs Book of Life". In this verse of Scripture, Jesus responded to a request from two brothers squabbling over their father's inheritance. 

Jesus gives them and all whose eyes fall upon this writing a stern warning in the form of the parable of the rich man whose only concern was having enough space to store all of his wealth. In the parable, the rich fool's life would end that very night, and then there would be people squabbling over all the wealth he left behind. The point is that all the gold and silver on the planet will not have a bearing on our eternity; only a heart, mind, body, and soul surrendered to God will carry us into our eternal life. Many fight and struggle for the worldly trinkets that we see as our right to have; in the end to discover it did us more harm than if we had only let God have control of our situation. Our covetousness masks our sinful deceptive nature, like some righteous campaign for what we perceive as things we believe are our rights. 

Greed will tighten down around our hearts and our entire being like a vice when we place higher importance on material things than the things of God. The Bible is filled with promises of God that He will provide for our every need (Philippians 4:19; Hebrews 11:6; Romans 8:32; 2 Corinthians 12:9; Psalms 81;10; 84:11; 34:10; 145:15-16; 107:9; Proverbs 10:3) to name a few.

We have the very best that God has to offer in the form of His Son, our Lord, and Savior, Christ Jesus. When we give Christ Jesus total and complete control of our entire being, the sparkle and glimmer of the wealth of this world will soon lose its attractiveness and appeal. The only thing that will matter then is our close and personal relationship with the one that loves us as no human can. Christ Jesus loved us so much that He took the shame and pain of the Cross of Calvary so that we would never experience the sting of the grave but have eternal life.