August 26: Delight and Goodwill.
Treasures That Will be Lost.
" 'And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry." But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?' "--Luke 12:19, 20, NKJV
THE LENGTH AND HAPPINESS OF LIFE does not consist in the amount of our earthly possessions. This foolish rich man in his supreme selfishness had laid up for himself treasures that he could not use. He had lived only for himself. He had over-reached in trade, had made sharp bargains, and had not exercised mercy or the love of God. He had robbed the fatherless and widow, and defrauded his fellow men, to add to his increasing stock of worldly possessions. He might have laid up his treasure in heaven in bags that wax not old; but through his covetousness he lost both worlds.--Testimonies for the Church, vol. 3, 402.
The man who finds pleasure at the gaming table, the man who loves to indulge perverted appetite, the amusement lover, the frequenters of the theater and the ballroom, put eternity out of their reckoning. The whole burden of their life is: what shall we eat? what shall we drink? and wherewithal shall we be clothed? They are not in the procession that is moving heavenward. They are led by the great apostate, and with him will be destroyed.--Testimonies for the Church, vol. 6, 406.
"That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life--
whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear.
Isn't life more than food, and your body more than clothing?"
--Matthew 6:25, NLT
Treasures That Will be Lost.
" 'And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry." But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?' "--Luke 12:19, 20, NKJV
THE LENGTH AND HAPPINESS OF LIFE does not consist in the amount of our earthly possessions. This foolish rich man in his supreme selfishness had laid up for himself treasures that he could not use. He had lived only for himself. He had over-reached in trade, had made sharp bargains, and had not exercised mercy or the love of God. He had robbed the fatherless and widow, and defrauded his fellow men, to add to his increasing stock of worldly possessions. He might have laid up his treasure in heaven in bags that wax not old; but through his covetousness he lost both worlds.--Testimonies for the Church, vol. 3, 402.
The man who finds pleasure at the gaming table, the man who loves to indulge perverted appetite, the amusement lover, the frequenters of the theater and the ballroom, put eternity out of their reckoning. The whole burden of their life is: what shall we eat? what shall we drink? and wherewithal shall we be clothed? They are not in the procession that is moving heavenward. They are led by the great apostate, and with him will be destroyed.--Testimonies for the Church, vol. 6, 406.
"That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life--
whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear.
Isn't life more than food, and your body more than clothing?"
--Matthew 6:25, NLT
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