Outline:
I. When we compare ourselves and to the people who does not acknowledge God and see their material wealth, it really looks like that they have so much and we have little and that they are prosperous while we who look to God seems to have so little.
II. Then why should I continue in believing a God who does not seem to bless me after living my life according to His standards and following Him wholeheartedly, it seems that it is better to live a 'normal' life. If I do that I just might receive some the blessing that those people who does not call on God have. And it does not matter if I live for God because it does have any seeming advantage over them, i am just tiring myself to a set of morals with no seeming benefit.
III. In reality, there is goodness in following God, in following his ways in obedience to Him. The reality is that people who follow God are eternally secure. And if life is eternally secure in eternally, there is nothing to fear in this temporal life.
IV. When we look at life according to the world standards, we will be swayed. If we measure success and prosperity and blessing according to the standards of the world we will feel discouraged and hurt. Let us thank God that even in those moments, God's grace is flowing and He will show us the right way to see the world.
V. Let us remember that we who believe in God have God as our portion. Portion is used because during the time of Joshua when the land was divided to the tribes of Israel, the Levites didn't have any share or portion of the land, God said the He was their portion. God is our portion. He is not only the source of our blessing, He is the blessing.
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