Devotion Proverbs 11:4 Blessings From The World Are Fleeting And Not Eternal

Proverbs 11:4 “Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.”

Mark 8:36 “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?”

As Pastor Greg Laurie often states, “You’ve never seen a hearse pulling a U-Haul trailer.  You’re gonna leave everything here on this side, in this life.”

King Solomon said in Ecclesiastes 2:4-11 “I undertook great projects: I built houses for myself and planted vineyards. 5 I made gardens and parks and planted all kinds of fruit trees in them. 6 I made reservoirs to water groves of flourishing trees. 7 I bought male and female slaves and had other slaves who were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me. 8 I amassed silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and provinces. I acquired male and female singers, and a harem[a] as well—the delights of a man’s heart. 9 I became greater by far than anyone in Jerusalem before me. In all this my wisdom stayed with me.  10 I denied myself nothing my eyes desired; I refused my heart no pleasure.  My heart took delight in all my labor, and this was the reward for all my toil.  11 Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun.”

Worldly wealth is fleeting and has of no eternal value, but wealth with God is blessings now and with eternal benefit.  God alone is our high treasure!

Psalm 150:6 – Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.  Praise the Lord!

Micah 7:7 – But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will Hear me.

Micah 6:8 – He has shown You, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of You but to do justly, to love mercy, And to walk humbly with Your God.

Numbers 6:24-26 “The Lord bless you and keep you; 25 The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you; 26 The Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace.”

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