"The measure of a person may not be in what they have, but what they are able to live without". Pastor David Jacobs.
Humans measure each other only in one scale: how much does one have.
If someone is extremely knowledgeable, they are respected. If some one has a lot of wealth, they are fawned upon. If someone is poor, they are endured at best.
The whole point is How does God view us.
Pastor Jacobs actually creates a new paradigm of measurement, and possibly God uses that measure. What can you live without? There is good sense when in Luke 12: Jesus says
“Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
In his message Pastor Jacobs goes on to say-
"In the consumer world that we currently live, we are taught that we should always want more, more, more. We can never possess enough, as evidenced by the wealthiest among us. When is it too much? At what point does all of what a person has achieved, gained, and even created actually take away from their status in God's eyes?"
How we view us, view God and how God views us is what we should ponder today.
If we have nothing but we have God, we have everything. God will help us survive with what we need.
Ask Job.
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