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| MR & MRS THING |
Mr.
and Mrs. Thing are a very pleasant and successful couple.
At
least, that's the verdict of most people who tend to measure success with a
"thingometer."
When
the "thingometer" is put to work in the life of Mr. and Mrs. Thing,
the result is startling.
There
is Mr. Thing sitting down on a luxurious and very expensive thing, almost
hidden by a large number of other things.
Things
to sit on, things to sit at, things to cook on, things to eat from, all shiny
and new.
Things,
things, things.
Things
to clean with and things to wash with and things to clean and things to wash.
And
things to amuse and things to give pleasure and things to watch and things to
play.
Things
for the long, hot summer and things for the short, cold winter.
Things
for the big thing in which they live and things for the garden and things for
the deck and things for the kitchen and things for the bedroom.
And
things on four wheels and things on two wheels and things to put on top of the
four wheels and things to pull behind the four wheels and things to add to the
interior of the thing on four wheels.
Things,
things, things.
And
there in the middle are Mr. and Mrs. Thing, smiling and pleased as punch with
things, thinking of more things to add to things.
Secure
in their castle of things ...
Well,
I just want you to know that your things can't last.
They're
going to pass. There's going to be an end to them ...
And
someday, when you die, they only put one thing in the box.
You.
Story adapted from:
Christian financial stewardship leaders Larry Burkett (1939-2003) and
Ron Blue
Think About It
God's
ownership goes hand in hand with his victory: "In triumph I will parcel
out Shechem ... Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine; ... Moab is my washbasin ...
over Philistia I shout in triumph" (Ps 108:7-9). Wicked and disobedient
people may prosper in the present life, but the psalms remind us over and over
again of the truth: All the wealth of the world one day will be returned to its
rightful Owner. "For from him and through him and for him are all
things" (Ro 11:36)
·
What
does it mean to you that God owns even the nations?
·
In
what ways do you resonate with the story told by Burkett and Blue?
·
It's
likely the story reminds you of a truth that you already know. So why is it so
difficult to prioritize life properly?
Pray
About It
Lord
of all, I praise you for your might and power. And I pray that I will be a good
steward of all the things that you have given to me in this life.
sources:
Burkett and Blue?
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