An interesting verse today, James 5 .1. In chapter
5 of the book of James, in verse 1, it says,
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries
which are coming upon you. The truth is, it's
kind of ironic in a way, because on the one hand,
people are good at weeping and howling. We want
to complain about whatever our circumstances
is. But the truth is, when we're feeling pretty
rich, that may not be the time at which people
are jumping on the weeping and moaning bandwagon.
But we are warned by God that being a little
too attached to your treasure is a little too
dangerous for this lifetime. And so we need to
realize we're all rich in one way or another
and consider that if you're celebrating your
riches, you're forgetting. that the author of
those riches, whatever they might be, is God.
And Jesus and others, Mary, Zechariah, a variety
of individuals throughout Scripture, Paul, have
warned James, this is the brother of Jesus, James,
warned people, be careful about being rich, being
excited about being rich, because if you've got
a little too much, you're in big trouble for
what's coming ahead of you. I would submit today
that we're blessed and we should be grateful
and we should look to God in obedience and in
repentance and let him teach us how to use each
of the resources that we've been blessed with.
James 5 .1, Come now, you rich, weep and howl
for your miseries are coming upon you. That's
not going to be me if I can help it. Praise God,
he's blessed me with a lot of things. I know
he's blessed you too.