Reading
SAA Notes
Many of the proverbs were intended as guidance for those working in public service in the execution of their duties. You will notice several today that impinge on issues of government and society, or government and its employees.
SJA Notes
* Lord God, You are Father to the fatherless, Defender of the weak, Redeemer of the unredeemable – Thank You Lord!
“Do not toil to acquire wealth; be discerning enough to desist. When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.”
What do we work for? What is our purpose? What do we go about creating or reporting or relating?
There is a simple truth for us to wrestle with here.
Do not work for the purpose of getting money.
Don’t let making money be the reason you work.
What then?
Paul tells us in Colossians 3,
“Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for me,”
Our purpose in working is for our Lord God.
But what of wealth and gain?
While on earth, in Luke 12, Jesus said,
“Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.”
What do we work for? What is our purpose?
In Ephesians 2 we read,
“But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together in Christ – by grace you have been saved – and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,”
This is the wealth we have stored for us, the treasure we inherit.
Eternal life is our wealth – A saved life now, and life to the full then with Jesus in glory.
* Dear Lord God,
Thank You for the treasure You give, that doesn’t rust or fade.
May we fix our eyes on Jesus today, not on the world, not on wealth that sprouts wings and flies away.
Thank You Lord!
Amen.