Hear this, all you peoples; give ear, all inhabitants of the world, both low and high, rich and poor together. My mouth shall speak wisdom; the meditation of my heart shall be understanding. I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will solve my riddle to the music of the harp. Why should I fear in times of trouble, when the iniquity of my persecutors surrounds me, those who trust in their wealth and boast of the abundance of their riches? Truly, no ransom avails for one’s life, there is no price one can give to God for it. For the ransom of life is costly, and can never suffice that one should live on forever and never see the grave. When we look at the wise, they die; fool and dolt perish together and leave their wealth to others. Their graves are their homes forever, their dwelling places to all generations, though they named lands their own. Mortals cannot abide in their pomp; they are like the animals that perish (Psalm 49:1-12, NRSV)
We have all heard the saying, “You can’t take it with you.” We can not take anything we have here with us to beyond the grave except the gift given to us by God for which there is no price we can give to God.
We need to look out for the lowly, the needy, the last, the lost, the little, and the least. Those who think because they have they can get what they want have made their grave and it is their wealth the psalmist tells us. We need to be in God and allow Him to work in and through us. We can not buy our way into His graces and the things we have here should be used for others not our own elevation.
Use what God has given you wisely and be there for others and always remember that you can’t take it with you.
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