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.  This nightmare is becoming a reality for many people today.  So many people are looking for security in other places instead of God.  When the stock market was booming many were putting all their retirement money into stocks in hopes they would be a millionaire by the time they retired.  But the stock market crashed, and many lost all their retirement, some even lost their homes and other assets.

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 Him, and put Him first in our lives.  To put everything 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.

And He said to him, “ ‘YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.’ ³⁸ This is the great and foremost commandment. Matthew 22:37-38