Reflections

²⁴ “If I have put my trust in gold
   or said to pure gold, ‘You are my security,’
²⁵ if I have rejoiced over my great wealth,
   the fortune my hands had gained,
²⁶ if I have regarded the sun in its radiance
   or the moon moving in splendor,
²⁷ so that my heart was secretly enticed
   and my hand offered them a kiss of homage,
²⁸ then these also would be sins to be judged,
   for I would have been unfaithful to God on high.  Job 31:24-28 NIV

Often times we find security in things other than God.  For instance, we may look at our job as our source of income and financial security.  We can’t imagine what we would do without our jobs or money.  Today is evidence that many people are looking for security in other places.  When the stock market was booming everyone was saying to put your money in stocks so that when you retire you will be a millionaire. but the stock market crashed.  Many lost tens of thousands of dollars in retirement and investment funds.

We can’t overlook that God is our provider, and put our faith and trust in Him.  We can’t always trust in our jobs to keep us employed or others to take care of us.  We can’t trust in temporal things but we are to trust in eternal things.  We must trust God, and put God first in our lives.  To put anything else above God is unfaithfulness on our part.  We should not hold our wealth or the splendor of life over God.  God is jealous and He will not compete with anything or anyone.