See a Good Future for Yourself
“Don’t let your heart envy sinners; but rather fear Yahweh all day long. Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off. Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path! Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat: for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.” (Proverbs 23:17-21 WEB)
Do you get envious when you see sinners having a seemingly good life and you are struggling to make ends meet?
Listen: you have a future hope, and that hope will not be cut off. This is God’s promise to you.
When you see sinners prospering through unethical ways, don’t follow in their ways. God’s wisdom will tell you that it never ends well to stray from the righteous path.
We have to guard our hearts and not be sidetracked by the fleeting pleasures of this world.
“The devil, leading him up on a high mountain, showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. The devil said to him, “I will give you all this authority, and their glory, for it has been delivered to me; and I give it to whomever I want. If you therefore will worship before me, it will all be yours.” Jesus answered him, “Get behind me Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.’”” (Luke 4:5-8 WEB)
Satan tempted Jesus to obtain riches, power, authority, and glory in an unrighteous way. Jesus easily deflected the temptation and still receive all these things through the righteous way.
He endured the cross and the sacrifice of His sinless blood redeemed the whole earth and mankind back from Satan.
God is not against you prospering, but He doesn’t want you to prosper through the devil’s ways. There is a right way to receive the world’s goods through Him.
You are born for a higher purpose. Not just to gorge yourself with food and become drunk, indulging every vile craving of the flesh.
The law of this world is that you reap what you sow. If you sow seeds to the flesh through sin, you will reap the mature fruit of death.
Likewise, if you sow to the Spirit through Spirit-led actions, you will reap the fruits
of the Holy Spirit; life and life more abundantly.
How do not we “fear Yahweh”? Not by cowering in fear of divine retribution. It’s simply by keeping your eyes on God—be guided by the Holy Spirit, instead of being driven around by the whims and fancies of the flesh. That’s how we reverentially worship God.
When the world tries to seduce your heart to go in the way of sinners, you can say “no” and keep your heart on the right path.
Do you trust that following the Lord will surely lead to a bigger and better life than going in the way of sinners? What you treasure in your heart will determine the direction you walk in life.
Don’t have the false religious idea that if you serve the Lord it means that you will be poor and suffer a lot in life. God’s children have His blessing and favor upon them.
“He said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, for God’s Kingdom’s sake, who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the world to come, eternal life.”” (Luke 18:29-30 WEB)
Even if you suffer persecution and losses for God’s Kingdom, Jesus promises that you will receive “many times more in this time”. You are blessed right now in this mortal lifetime, and you will continue to be blessed in eternity. There is a future hope for you—it means that good things are coming, and your future is bright. “Hope” means that the future will be better than your past and present. Believe it!
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