Our lives are not measured by what we possess

What is your most favorite possession?

Most of us own things, most of have possessions. In fact some of us are very protective of the things we own. What are you most protective of? What is the one thing you don't want to live without?  Look around you wherever you are. Look at the things you own. Maybe you're in your home and everything you see is yours and you see a lot of things. Maybe you're in an internet café and the only possessions you have are your clothes. Maybe you're in someone else's home and you can see a lot of possessions but very few are yours. We have things. Yet answer me this one simple question- is there ANYTHING you own worth more than eternal life?

Luk 12:15  And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

So many people love to reveal to others all the things they own. The more expensive, the nicer, the more they want to show them off. They want others to see that they are successful and they measure that success in their possessions and their ability to have numerous and expensive possessions. On the other side of the coin, people tend to view themselves as failures when they don't have possessions, or the ability to obtain them.

Our lives do NOT consist in owning a lot of things, or owning expensive things. We are STEWARDS of all we possess and in our possessions we cannot find eternal life, not in a single one. 

We need to BEWARE of coveting THINGS, any and all things!

Coveting the smallest of things is just as bad as coveting the biggest of things.

Our LIVES are not measured by what we possess, but by who we possess. 

Christ can live in us!

Col_1:27  To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory

Christ in us is the HOPE of glory.

Christ is all we need!

All by HIS GRACE!