A Wise Quest
Part 4 of 4
When we approach and attach to our lives the principles of our benevolent Messiah, we become beneficiaries of the wisdom of our Lord. His is a wisdom that, in the least, gives us the ability to keep any wealth our Lord bestows upon us and to properly affect its responsible stewardship. On the other end of the spectrum, His wisdom creates peace, contentment, and joy through His grace, with or without material wealth.
Hear what the Psalmist said in 49: 6-7 concerning the irresponsible. He says, “They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to YHVH a ransom for him”. Wealth can buy a lot of great things. Yet, it can’t buy the most valuable commodity in the universe—our eternal salvation.
These just don’t understand. That price has been paid for us. It was paid through the precious blood of our Master Shepherd Messiah. It is a ransom prophesied of old. Hosea says in 13: 14, “I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be your plagues; O grave, I will be your destruction”. In fulfillment of this prophesy, Yeshua said through Matthew in 20: 28, and in 10: 45 of Mark, “Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many”.
Then, Paul affirms this truth for Timothy in 2: 5-6 of his first epistle, “For there is one YHVH and one mediator between YHVH and men, the man Yeshua Ha’Mashiach; who gave Himself a ransom for all”. Because of that ransom, we have victory over the grave. And, the sting of death has been removed far from us.
Yes, compare the splendor of immense wealth and prosperity to the sweetness of His freedom giving grace. If used in His wisdom while we have it, health, wealth, and prosperity are grand and wonderful possessions, and will cling to US. Yet, even in its absolute best use, it will perish along with everything else in the world—whether in the day when the earth melts with a fervent heat or we just die and leave it all behind.
The only thing we take with us when our lives have ended is the grace He has bestowed upon us. Yeshua said through John in 3: 16, “For YHVH so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life”. Entrust every fiber of your existence to the Master Architect of the universe, reverence and serve Him with heart-felt gratitude, and truly say as David of the law, of which Yeshua is the focal point, “More to be desired is (the heart of our Elohim, His Torah) than gold, yea, than fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb”.
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