Proverbs chapter 23, verse 5. It says, when you
set your eyes on it, it is gone. For wealth certainly
makes itself wings, like an eagle that flies
toward the heavens. Well, this verse is definitely
talking about money, but also it's talking about
focus. It's about what you give your attention
to, where you put your eyes. And so it seems
it's saying that if you put your eyes a lot on
something, you could say any blessing, not just
money. If you put your eyes and focus your eyes
on that thing, if you want more money, you want
more better relations, or you want people to
behave a certain way or want something to go
on in your job, whatever. And as that thing comes,
you're very focused on it. Then this verse is
basically saying the tendency of it is to take
flight and to be gone. When it comes to money,
money is always kind of coming or going. The
state of how much money we have is changing on
a fairly regular basis. The resources that we
receive from God, the blessings that we receive
from God, have a pretty select purpose. They
are that we might share with others as God leads,
that we might glorify God. for the receiving
and use those blessings to build our relationship
with him to the best of our ability, that we
might always look back to the giver. The tendency
might be to get focused on the blessing, turn
it into an idol, and it's just not meant to be.
We don't worship things, good, bad, ugly, whatever.
If there's a lot of it, if there isn't, if it
seems powerful, if it doesn't, if it seems like
you need it, if it seems like you don't, whatever.
We don't worship those things. They are literally
worth nothing to us compared to the God of heaven
who gives us all that we desire if our hearts
are in line with his desire for us. Praise the
Lord today.