Tainted wealth has no lasting value, but right living can save your life.
LUKE 19:8 (CEV)
Later that day Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “I will give half of my property to the poor. And I will now pay back four times as much to everyone I have ever cheated.”
SUMMARY SENTENCE
The only kind of wealth that has any value in God's economy is that which emerges from right living.
DAILY FODDER
Why in the Bible is right living so often characterized as the opposite of being wealthy?
PRAYER
Heavenly Father, thank you for granting me the fullness of life that truly satisfies and rearranges my priorities. Deliver me from my excessive need for things, especially the desires that cause them. Show me where my choices offend or hurt others so I may come clean and learn to restore with joy what has been lost by my actions. Amen. (Daily Texts, Ground Up Grace edition)
Our Father in Heaven,
we hold your name in the highest regard.
Please come and establish your reign here on earth
so that everything that happens here will align
with what is happening in heaven.
Give us enough food for today.
Forgive us our wrongdoing,
and we’ll forgive those who have wronged us.
Shield us from the trials and temptations that come our way.
Lastly, we pray that you would protect us from all forms of evil. Amen!
and we’ll forgive those who have wronged us.
Shield us from the trials and temptations that come our way.
Lastly, we pray that you would protect us from all forms of evil. Amen!
