Is It Worth It?

Mark 8:36 " For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul"?

 We have entered a  new age of religion, a phase of religious beliefs that seems to put having things above saving souls. We tend to think all blessing are of a material nature, that the material poor and homeless are unsaved while those living in abundance are the chosen and saved of the Lord. We seek title over responsibility, positions over duty, and it seems to be more feeding off the flock instead of feeding the flock. We have replaced God revelation to man with mans imagination of God and preach for the gospel the tradition of man. But I ask is it worth it?

Here Jesus ask the question what does it profit a man if he gains all the world has to offer yet loses his soul. Is it really worth it to seek after the things of this world before seeking after the things of heaven. The word of God says seek ye first the kingdom of God, and these things shall be added unto you. God will withhold no good thing from us, but we must realize we all are not capable of handling the same blessings. God knows what each of us need, and He will not put more on us than we can stand, that also means He won't give us more than we can handle. everybody can't handle being wealthy.(Remember Freddie Prinze and Donnie Hathaway's both who killed themselves because they couldn't handle the riches and fame). The bible says contentment with God is great gain. Now don't get me wrong I am not saying that god doesn't bless people with abundance, but let it be His blessing and not our goal, motive or agenda to acquire wealth and abundance. When we seek after the treasures of this world the enemy can use that lust to lead us astray and out of the will of God.

A rich man once placed $500.00 on one side of the room and a bible on the other side. He explain that although both appeared to be a blessing, one would last for a minute while the other would bless for a life time. He then asked the people to choose, most went for the $500.00. While inside the bible there was a blessing of a lifetime a check for $1,000,000.00. Now this may or may not be a true story and it may never happen to any of us, we are all not going to be rich, but there is a greater blessing in the word of God than in all the treasure and pleasure of this world.