SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2017.
The wealth of the rich . . . is like a protective wall in his imagination.—
Proverbs 18:11.
It is a dangerous fantasy to imagine oneself becoming very wealthy while paying little attention to God. Jesus related a story to illustrate the sad state of a person “who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.” (Luke 12:16-21) Jehovah rejoices when we do things that please him. (Proverbs 27:11) How happy we are when we have his approval because we have stored up “treasures in heaven”! (Matthew 6:20) And a good relationship with Jehovah is unquestionably the most valuable treasure we can have. Imagine the extent of our anxiety if we were consumed by efforts to store up “treasures on the earth.” (Matthew 6:19) Jesus used an illustration to show that “the anxiety of this system of things and the deceptive power of riches” can choke the word of the Kingdom.
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