Your Life Is More Than The Sum Of Your Possessions - In the Evening When I Rest
Your Life Is More Than The Sum Of Your Possessions
Lord, how do I know if I have too much stuff?
Don’t store up treasures here on earth; store your treasures in heaven. Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be. For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ, who richly gives you all you need for your enjoyment.
Matthew 6:19-21; Colossians 3:3; 1 Timothy 6:17
How can I own things and yet not allow my things to own me?
No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve me and be enslaved to money. Some people, craving money, have wandered from the true faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows. Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness!
Matthew 6:24; 1 Timothy 6:10; Ecclesiastes 5:10
What can I pray to remind myself to keep you first?
Your unfailing love is better than life itself; how I praise you! You satisfy me more than the richest feast. I will praise you with songs of joy.
Psalm 63:3, 5
When you become overly focused on cleaning, caring for, and protecting your possessions, they end up owning you instead of the other way around. One of the best ways to fight against materialism is through generosity. Find a way to give generously this week. Donate to an organization, pay for someone’s groceries at the store, or give a little more to your church than you are comfortable with. Your heart follows where you invest your money. Viewing your money and possessions as gifts from God you can use to bless others is the path to freedom from materialism.
