Genesis 22:1-24; Job 25:1-26:14; Matthew 12:1-21
Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; They fly away like an eagle toward heaven. Proverbs 23:5 NKJV
How much is enough? I know people who have more money than they’ll ever spend and yet they are still not happy. So what is the right amount? John D. Rockefeller was asked, “How much is enough?” He answered, “Just a little bit more.” Being industrious is good, but taking on excessive workloads to accumulate more riches is unwise. Paul wrote, “Command those who are rich in this present age not…to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who
gives us richly all things to enjoy” (1 Tim. 6:17). —Sid Halsband
I tried the broken cisterns, Lord, but, ah, the waters failed;
E’en as I stooped to drink they fled, and mocked me as I wailed. —Emma F. Bevan