Plenty Without Safety
In the midst of his plenty, distress will overtake him.
Job 20:22 (NIV)
Zophar describes divine economics with frightening precision: in full plenty, distress overtakes him; misery's full force strikes. Plenty sans God is bursting bubbles: greater foundationless abundance, louder collapse crashes. Prosperous wicked live in pretty houses over quicksand.
True trust never buys in barns. Riches shield many evils except essentials: guilt, emptiness, death, judgment. Plenty-trusters sleep over dynamite with divine fuses; God-trusters sleep peacefully with zeroed accounts. Safety lies not in balances but Lords — balances vary, He remains.
Transferring your safety today: thanking for plenty sans trusting it. Plenty without safety: using goods today sans idolizing.
Used goods liberate, worshiped enslave. Using today, releasing tomorrow. Hold loosely today. Generous hands unlock heaven's storehouses. Give today and sleep peacefully without nightmares. Full coffers never buy quiet consciences ever. Invest today in thief-proof treasures. Well-used riches bless multitudes. Generosity empties fears, fills heavens. Heaven-filled barns satisfy eternally. Transfer wealth upward daily. Earthly accounts fluctuate; heavenly ones compound. Give wisely and sleep soundly nightly. Share abundantly. Idolized mammon enslaves subtlely but surely. Dethrone money deliberately today. Serve God solely with resources. Freedom follows generosity faithfully.
And sharing plenties: generosity empties fear's barns, filling heaven's.