I Have Become Wealthy

Hosea 10-12; Psalms 73; Hebrews 4

“Ephraim boasts, ‘I am very rich; I have become wealthy. With all my wealth they will not find in me any iniquity or sin.’”

Hosea 12:8

“Who have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”

Psalm 73:25, 26

Wealth easily deceives us. We always know others with more wealth than ourselves. Somehow, our wealth is never enough to make us secure about our future or to give us joy. Wealth blinds us to our sin and our need for God. Compared to the rest of the world, all westerners are wealthy. When we interact with our brothers and sisters globally, our wealth gives us favour and can blind us to our pride and spiritual poverty. Yet the psalmist reminds us that eternity changes the equation. In heaven it is God not wealth that matters. When our health fails and we can’t enjoy our wealth, we are reminded that only our relationship with God will last for eternity. 

Are we making eternal investments today?

“Lord Jesus, you are my portion forever, for your glory.”