Psalm 52 (New International Version, ©2011)
5 Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:
He will snatch you up and pluck you from your tent;
he will uproot you from the land of the living.
6 The righteous will see and fear;
they will laugh at you, saying,
7 “Here now is the man
who did not make God his stronghold
but trusted in his great wealth
and grew strong by destroying others!”
Isn't it a bit ironic that we have "In God We Trust" on our money. The United States of America is clearly the wealthiest nation in the world. Yes, we have our poor and certainly the wealth isn't distributed to everyone. But, we are wealthy. Our "middle class" isn't much in the middle when compared to the rest of the world. I'm not sure if being the #1 nation in terms of wealth is good or bad. I guess it depends on your own perspective. A more important Statistic is what kind of Christian nation are we.
In the early years, we were known as a Christian Nation. Now, I'm not so sure. We still have the most people who claim to be followers of Christ. We don't have the highest percentage (85%) but we still have a large number of Christians in our country. But, just like with our wealth, it's more important what we do with our Christianity than sheer numbers. Quality vs Quantity!
When you put these two statistics together, being the wealthiest nation and the most Christian nation, we have a lot of responsibility. We are looked at so closely. We have to make sure we are more focused on helping others than destroying them. We need to love others with our wealth and love others with our God. It is so easy for us to get more focused on the wealth and not the soul.
God help us focus our blessings on helping bring others to know you. Lord, we know you have blessed us abundantly and you expect us to use those blessings for your purposes, not our own. Help us Lord! Amen!
He will snatch you up and pluck you from your tent;
he will uproot you from the land of the living.
6 The righteous will see and fear;
they will laugh at you, saying,
7 “Here now is the man
who did not make God his stronghold
but trusted in his great wealth
and grew strong by destroying others!”
Isn't it a bit ironic that we have "In God We Trust" on our money. The United States of America is clearly the wealthiest nation in the world. Yes, we have our poor and certainly the wealth isn't distributed to everyone. But, we are wealthy. Our "middle class" isn't much in the middle when compared to the rest of the world. I'm not sure if being the #1 nation in terms of wealth is good or bad. I guess it depends on your own perspective. A more important Statistic is what kind of Christian nation are we.
In the early years, we were known as a Christian Nation. Now, I'm not so sure. We still have the most people who claim to be followers of Christ. We don't have the highest percentage (85%) but we still have a large number of Christians in our country. But, just like with our wealth, it's more important what we do with our Christianity than sheer numbers. Quality vs Quantity!
When you put these two statistics together, being the wealthiest nation and the most Christian nation, we have a lot of responsibility. We are looked at so closely. We have to make sure we are more focused on helping others than destroying them. We need to love others with our wealth and love others with our God. It is so easy for us to get more focused on the wealth and not the soul.
God help us focus our blessings on helping bring others to know you. Lord, we know you have blessed us abundantly and you expect us to use those blessings for your purposes, not our own. Help us Lord! Amen!
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