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  Sat Dec 07, 2024  

TRUST NOT IN RICHES

Memorise:
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things. .. Ecclesiastes 10:19

Read:
Ecclesiastes 5:9-12

Message

Today's memory verse says that money answers all things. Truly, when someone has money, that person has a level of power because he or she can pay to get so many things done, some of which would have probably been impossible without money.

I saw an inscription many years ago which said, "When money is speaking, nobody checks the grammar." Nobody checks the grammar because most people are at the beck and call of a rich man. Even when he does something wrong, not many people are bold enough to correct him. Hence, money truly can give a person a level of power.

As powerful as money can be, however, Proverbs 23:5 says that it can grow wings and fly away. Also, even though money is powerful, there's a limit to what it can achieve. For example, it was recorded in the Bible that when there was a famine in Egypt, money failed (Genesis 47:15-16). In modern terms, this can mean that money no longer retains the value that it once had. For instance, in recent times, due to economic hardship, the currencies of many countries have lost so much value.

Since money can fail, it is not something you should rely on. There are many rich people who had the money for the best medical care in the world, but their money could not save their loved ones. There are people with state-of-theart beds in their houses who can hardly sleep. Also, there are people with enough money to feed a city, who cannot eat what they want because of a health condition. You should not put your trust in money as whoever does so will be greatly disappointed. Proverbs 11:28 says:

He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

If a fellow has all the money in the world but does not have Jesus, he or she is finished. There is absolutely no profit in having all the money in the world and missing heaven(Mark 8:36). Only Jesus can be relied on; only He can stand by you to help you when everything else fails. Only He can give you and the generations after you a glorious future here on earth and in eternity.

Beloved, the money you have in your bank account, as much as it may be, can fail you. Do not put your trust in riches; rather, put your trust in Jesus. He loves you, and He will never fail you.

Bible In One Year:
Ephesians 1-3

Hymn:
In Christ Alone

Key Point:
Do not put your trust in money; trust in Jesus alone.

King James Version

Ecclesiastes 5:9-12

Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field. [10] He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. [11] When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes? [12] The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
RCCG Hymn

Loving Saviour, Hear my cry

  1. Loving Saviour, Hear my cry.
    Hear my cry, hear my cry;
    Trembling to Thine arms I fly:
    O save me at the cross!
    I have sinn'd but Thou hast died.
    Thou hast died, Thou hast died,
    In Thy mercy let me hide;
    O save me at the cross!

    2. Lord Jesus, receive me.
    No more would I grieve Thee,
    Now, blessed Redeemer,
    O save me at the Cross!


  2. Tho' I perish I will pray,
    I will pray I will pray;
    Thou of life the Living way;
    O save me at the cross!
    Thou last said Thy grace is free,
    Grace is free, grace is free.
    Have compassion. Lord on me;
    O save me at the cross!
  3. Wash me in Thy cleansing Blood,
    Cleansing blood, cleansing, blood;
    Plunge me now beneath the flood:!
    O save me at the cross!
    Only faith will pardon bring.
    Pardon bring, pardon bring;
    In that faith to Thee I cling;
    O save me at the cross!

 

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