It is very easy to try and build our security around money, isn’t it? But world catastrophes, economic collapses, embargoes, pandemics, and natural disasters can wipe out the basis of our security in a heartbeat if it is placed in earthly wealth or physical things. If our hope is in God, we get to share the bounty of his blessings in the world around us with the assurance that what is most important in our lives cannot be taken from us! “Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.” 1 Timothy 6:17.
January 3
You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires… —Ephesians 4:22. Today, Paul reminds