“Lord, while I live I would like to know one individual personally who made a lot of money—and gave it away—and it is reflected in the car he drives and the house he lives in.”
I’ve shared that prayer a number of times over the years, because it would be real, visible proof of a rich person’s heart that is truly surrendered to the Lord. It seems to me that when a person keeps more money and stuff than he needs, it means he is also keeping part of his heart from God’s ownership.
This morning a new thought came concerning the above prayer. What if someone is praying that prayer who has almost no possessions, and that person is watching me.
Now, my prayer includes the following (high stakes prayer):
“Lord, what else do I have to lose to gain the perspective that Paul had, writing letters of encouragement, from prison?”
Where in the Bible do we find instruction to pursue our own things, our own happiness, our own comfort? Yet I constantly hear this equally from Christians and non-Christians alike: “You have to take care of yourself first, or you can’t help anybody else.”
Perhaps self-centered, materialistic Christianity in America is not the Biblical norm.
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