Do you consider yourself fortunate in this life?

Psalms 49:16-20 NLT

So don’t be dismayed when the wicked grow rich and their homes become ever more splendid. For when they die, they take nothing with them. Their wealth will not follow them into the grave. In this life they consider themselves fortunate and are applauded for their success. But they will die like all before them and never again see the light of day. People who boast of their wealth don’t understand; they will die, just like animals.

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God warms us about putting our hope in wealth throughout the Bible. And yet it seems we have a very convenient ignore button that we press whenever we read such warnings.

We want to get rich. We'd like to have a windfall, an inheritance, to win the lotto, or to get a really big pay raise! We'd like to be rich.

Yet God isn't impressed with our money, our nice house, or our car.

Why don't we believe, "we can't take it with us!"

I'm going to paste in the whole of the Psalm below because it is so good.

But I'd suggest you ask God to help you to stop envying the wealthy.

Ask God to help you deeply rearrange your desires and your priorities.

Your life will be better if you seek God and his kingdom, not if you get rich.

Please take the time to read about God's view of wealth.

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Psalms 49:1-20 NLT

Listen to this, all you people! Pay attention, everyone in the world! High and low, rich and poor—listen! For my words are wise, and my thoughts are filled with insight. I listen carefully to many proverbs and solve riddles with inspiration from a harp. Why should I fear when trouble comes, when enemies surround me? They trust in their wealth and boast of great riches. Yet they cannot redeem themselves from death by paying a ransom to God. Redemption does not come so easily, for no one can ever pay enough to live forever and never see the grave. Those who are wise must finally die, just like the foolish and senseless, leaving all their wealth behind. The grave is their eternal home, where they will stay forever. They may name their estates after themselves, but their fame will not last. They will die, just like animals. This is the fate of fools, though they are remembered as being wise. Interlude Like sheep, they are led to the grave, where death will be their shepherd. In the morning the godly will rule over them. Their bodies will rot in the grave, far from their grand estates. But as for me, God will redeem my life. He will snatch me from the power of the grave. Interlude So don’t be dismayed when the wicked grow rich and their homes become ever more splendid. For when they die, they take nothing with them. Their wealth will not follow them into the grave. In this life they consider themselves fortunate and are applauded for their success. But they will die like all before them and never again see the light of day. People who boast of their wealth don’t understand; they will die, just like animals.

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