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1 - READ THE WORD
Knowing the Value of a Single Truth
My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Colossians 2:2-3
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2 - Reflect
My older son has a schoolmate whose parents have very high purchasing power. Every day the boy wears a variety of expensive watches to school. One day my son began to list all the watches his friend had and expressed his desire to one day have as many as he did.
He also emphasized that his friend's parents were very rich. I then asked him what it meant to him to be rich, and then explained to him what it meant to God to be rich. I told him that for God, the concept of wealth is a person full of love: someone who lives a life based on giving, committed to offering what he has no matter how great it is; one who gives his best without expecting anything in return.
God's word is wise and invites us accordingly to reap riches, to be rich but rich in Him. Knowing Him, seeking Him, doing His will. Therefore, let us change the concept of wealth; let us walk with the Lord guiding us in his word to reflect in our lives the greatest of riches: God's love for us.
He also emphasized that his friend's parents were very rich. I then asked him what it meant to him to be rich, and then explained to him what it meant to God to be rich. I told him that for God, the concept of wealth is a person full of love: someone who lives a life based on giving, committed to offering what he has no matter how great it is; one who gives his best without expecting anything in return.
God's word is wise and invites us accordingly to reap riches, to be rich but rich in Him. Knowing Him, seeking Him, doing His will. Therefore, let us change the concept of wealth; let us walk with the Lord guiding us in his word to reflect in our lives the greatest of riches: God's love for us.
