At a certain point in his life, King Solomon, son of King David, realizes that everything is vanity, that even the riches he has amassed are nothing.
“I bought male and female slaves and had other slaves who were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me. I amassed silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and provinces. I acquired men and women singers, and a harem as well–the delights of the heart of man.”(Ecclesiastes 2:7-8)
Everything passes, nothing is eternal.
Can we be aware that these riches for which people kill their brothers are not eternal?
If we do not see the riches leaving us without being able to retain or keep them, we abandon them with regret, at the moment of death, in the hands of those who did not seek them.
The word of God teaches us not to cling to them, but to cling instead to the kingdom of God.
« Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. »(Matthew 6:19-20)
Furthermore, Jesus’ teaching on money and wealth was summarized as saying that money is a good servant if we use it to advance the Kingdom of God, but a bad master if we slavishly seek satisfaction from it.
PRAYER:
Lord our God, help us to focus rather on the treasures of heaven than on the treasures of this world.
It is in the precious name of your son Jesus Christ that we pray, amen.
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