Grateful For What You Have

“Some who are poor pretend to be rich; others who are rich pretend to be poor.” Proverbs 13:7

It’s a blessing to have the things money can buy as long as you don’t lose sight of the things it can’t buy.

Money can buy whatever is for sale. But the greatest things in life, like your health and your relationships, can’t be bought because they are not for sale.

You could sum up much of what the Bible has to say about money with these three statements:

1. What you are is more crucial than what you have.

‘Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than one perverse in his ways, though he be rich’ Proverbs 28:6.

2. What God sees in you is more crucial than what you have. ‘Better is a little with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure with trouble’. Proverbs 15:16.

3. What others think of you is more crucial than what you have. ‘A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, loving favour rather than silver and gold’. Proverbs 22:1.

The truth is, you will never be happy with what you have until you learn to be happy with what others have – that you don’t have!

The Bible tells us covetousness is a sin. And covetousness is simply failing to enjoy what God has given you!