Poor Rich Man

Bible Reading: Revelation 3:11-22

Key Verse: Verse 17 – “Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:”

Key Words: knowest not that thou art...poor

Just as there are many who believe they are poor but in truth have great riches, there are others who think they are rich and are truly poor. 

We are all consumed with something. Some are consumed with possessions other than money; still others are consumed with religion. But only those who are rich in Christ are truly rich. All other forms of riches will eventually consume you and destroy you. 

Nathan Castens writes: Four royal brothers decided each to master a special ability. Time went by, and the brothers met to reveal what they had learned. 

“I have mastered a science,” said the first, “by which I can take but a bone of some creature and create the flesh that goes with it.” 

“I,” said the second, “know how to grow that creature's skin and hair if there is flesh on its bones.” 

The third said, “I am able to create its limbs if I have flesh, the skin, and the hair.” 

“And I,” concluded the fourth, “know how to give life to that creature if its form is complete.” 

Thereupon the brothers went into the jungle to find a bone so they could demonstrate their specialties. As fate would have it, the bone they found was a lion's. One added flesh to the bone, the second grew hide and hair, the third completed it with matching limbs, and the fourth gave the lion life. Shaking its mane, the ferocious beast arose and jumped on his creators. He killed them all and vanished contentedly into the jungle. 

 The moral of the story is that if you are living for that which one day will consume you, you are indeed a poor rich man.

                                                                                                    Dr. Mike Rouse

What to do: 

✞ Put into practice the old saying, “Only what’s done for Christ will last.”