Checkbooks and Crosses

Psalms 49 and 1 Corinthians 10:33 hit hard this morning.

I often think about how much easier life would be if I were rich, if I hit the lottery. If we all drove nice cars, lived in nice houses without payments, and left our kids a big inheritance.

For when they die, they take nothing with them. Their wealth will not follow them into the grave.
Psalms 49:17

Having money only solves your money problems.

While money is a necessity that eases life’s burdens, it must never become our priority. Our relationship with Christ and others should always be our number 1 priority.

‘¹⁹ “Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them, and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal. ²⁰Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. ²¹Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.
Matthew 6:19-21

A spiritual inheritance outlasts a physical one.

Am I setting a good example today? Am I leading as a true servant?
How am I living not just for myself, but for others? What kind of spiritual inheritance am I going to leave for others?

‘I, too, try to please everyone in everything I do. I don’t have to do what is best for me; I do what is best for others so that many may be saved.’
1 Corinthians 10:33

I don’t just do what is best for me.

When I die, I pray my daily walk with Christ points others toward salvation. May I give so much of myself that I leave behind a legacy of love—and perhaps a smile—knowing I lived for their gain, not my own.

Maybe they will also say something like Jack Handey’s quote.

“I hope that when I die, people say about me,
‘Boy, that guy sure owed me a lot of money'”.
Jack Handey

Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts
(1949 – )