Apr 10 2010
Possessions of This World
All of my life, I see my parents try hard to accumulate wealth. They became wealthy, but had no time for family. We were taken care of financially, but we were emotionally empty. Now that I have my own family, I vowed not to fall into that trap. I may be financially OK, but at least I can come home every night and weekends with my wife and kid. We can still go vacation together and feel very close to each other.
The bible tells me that my “life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.” (Luke 12:15). This world is fleeting. It will come to pass and I’ll be with God after all of my days here. Accumulation of possessions will be meaningless in heaven.
I need to accumulate love. Love for my family, others, and that of the Father in heaven.
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If you love the world, love for the Father is not in you. For everything in the world—the cravings of sinful people, the lust of their eyes and their boasting about what they have and do—comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.
1 John 2:15-17
