Today’s reading is Psalm 49.
The competition for the captivating of our trust and hope is on. There are two candidates: God and money. Jesus wasn’t the first one to recognize this competition. Korah’s son saw it generations before Jesus.
He says to rich and poor, to low and high alike, “Don’t trust in your money. Don’t hope in wealth.” The fact is it simply does not matter how much money you have, you cannot ransom your way out of death. Only God can ransom you from death.
No matter how much money you have, you will die. And when you die, even if you have bought entire cities that are named after you, you can only reside in a box, in a hole in the ground. In the end, you will be nothing more than a beast that perishes and crumbles to dust.
This really gives legs to Jesus’s much later warning: “No man can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money” (Matthew 6:24). That’s all well and good, but which one of them should we choose as our master? Korah’s son makes it clear: choose God and you are choosing life.
Who will be your master today?
Tomorrow’s reading is Psalm 49.
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Discuss the Following Questions with Your Family
- What are your initial reactions to the psalm and the written devo above?
- Why do most people trust money more than God?
- Why should we trust God over money?
- What advice do you have to help people trust God more than money?
- What do you think we should pray for and about in light of this psalm and our discussion today?
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