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Articles: Devotion | Earthly riches are meaningless
- Jonnalagadda Jonnalagadda
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Friends recently i have gone through these words from the holy Bible and thought of sharing them with you all. These words are very much related to our practical life. So I request you to read these lines.
Ecclesiastes 5:
8. If you see the poor oppressed (demoralized or exploited) in a district, and justice and rights denied, do not be surprised at such things; for one official is eyed by a higher one, and over them both are others higher still.
9. The increase from the land is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.
10. WHOEVER LOVES MONEY NEVER HAS MONEY ENOUGH; WHOEVER LOVES WEALTH IS NEVER SATISFIED WITH HIS INCOME. This too is meaningless.
11. As goods increase, so do those who consume them. And what benefit are they to the owner except to feast his eyes on them?
12. The sleep of a laborer is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of a rich man permits him no sleep.
13. I have seen a grievous evil under the sun: wealth hoarded (stored, gathered or hide away) to the harm of its owner,
14. or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when he has a son there is nothing left for him.
15. NAKED A MAN COMES FROM HIS MOTHER'S WOMB, AND AS HE COMES, SO HE DEPARTS. HE TAKES NOTHING FROM HIS LABOR THAT HE CAN CARRY IN HIS HAND.
16. This too is a grievous evil:
AS A MAN COMES, SO HE DEPARTS, AND WHAT DOES HE GAIN, SINCE HE TOILS FOR THE WIND?
17. All his days he eats in darkness, with great frustration, affliction and anger.
18. Then I realized that it is good and proper for a man to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in his toilsome labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given him-for this is his lot.
19. Moreover, when God gives any man wealth and possessions, and enables him to enjoy them, to accept his lot and be happy in his work- this is a gift of God.
20. He seldom reflects on the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with gladness of heart.
Mathew: 6
24. 'No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. YOU CANNOT SERVE BOTH GOD AND MONEY.
25. 'Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?
26. LOOK AT THE BIRDS OF THE AIR; THEY DO NOT SOW OR REAP OR STORE AWAY IN BARNS, AND YET YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER FEEDS THEM. ARE YOU NOT MUCH MORE VALUABLE THAN THEY?
27. WHO OF YOU BY WORRYING CAN ADD A SINGLE HOUR TO HIS LIFE[2]?
28. 'And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin.
29. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon(a king and son of king David) in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.
30. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will HE not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31. SO DO NOT WORRY, sAYING, 'WHAT SHALL WE EAT?' or 'WHAT SHALL WE DRINK?' or 'WHAT SHALL WE WEAR?'
32. For the pagans run after all these things, and yOUR HEAVENLY FATHER KNOWS THAT YOU NEED THEM.
33. But seek first HIS kingdom and HIS righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
34. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Thanks for reading and hope that these words may guide you in your day to day life in some sort of things.
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