BBD 05.10.21 Stuff (Classic)

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Classic from 2003

The Burning Bush Devotional

10 May 2021

Stuff

Do not
lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where
thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,
where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and
steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. - Matthew 6:19-21.

California’s Gov. Gray Davis estimates
the cost of the fires in his state (in 2003) at $2 billion dollars and
says, “I think this is the worst disaster the
state has ever experienced.” The
blaze in San Diego County has killed 12 people and Sheriff Bill Kolender says, “Many who died ignored
evacuation orders and were caught by flames because they waited until the last
minute to flee.” Kolender warns, “When you
are asked to leave, do it immediately. Do not wait.”

Many
residents because of the fire’s unpredictable nature only had minutes to
evacuate. If you only had 15 minutes or in some cases even less to evacuate,
what would you take with you? One man in three minutes time grabbed a
110-year-old lamp, some clothes, laptop computer, some power tools and took off
with his wife three dogs and a cat. The consensus of those I heard talking
about it today appeared to think they were blessed just to be alive and had
little concern for the “stuff” that they had lost. Many echoed
the thoughts of one family in a Red Cross shelter who lost their home
saying, “It's in God's hands. There's no point in
getting hysterical. We'll just start over.”

Hearing
the heart wrenching stories of those who barely escaped the firestorm in
California helps us to realize again, what is really important in life. All of
this “stuff” that we accumulate will someday be gone. We may
hope that our children and grandchildren will care about some of the “stuff” we
have spent a lifetime collecting but the reality is that it could all just end
up in a trash dumpster. Jim Elliott, a missionary who gave his life while
serving his Lord once wrote, “He is no
fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.” The Psalmist said, “Do not be
afraid when one becomes rich, when the glory of his house is increased; for
when he dies he shall carry nothing away; his glory shall not descend after him
(Psalm 49:16-17).”

The
spiritual reality is that only that which is of eternal value will last. Jesus
urges us to store up our treasures in Heaven where moth, rust and thieves
cannot destroy them. Surprisingly Christians give only three percent of their
after tax income to Christian causes. We are apparently buying a whole lot
of “stuff” with our income that will never make it to Heaven.
Where are you storing up your “treasures?” Where is your “heart?”

Copyright © 2002 - 2021. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998 the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush website:

www.theburningbush.net

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 23 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to subscribers
across the world. At one time there were 18,000 subscribers in more than 70
countries to the devotional but that has now shrunk to around 9,000.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right-hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Caleb Freeman’ Pat S.; Buck & Barbara
Wright; Gwen P.; James Perkins and his wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter; Addison; JoJo,
Bailey and Nicky; Ralph and De Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy M.; Zoe
Marx Jones; Todd Higgins; Brandy and Jadyn’s Dad; Patricia Rohman and Lisa
Butler who has had a stroke; Scott J.; Karla W.; Clayton T. and Sarah; Clark
S.; Lana Bass; Matthew Collins; Marjean C.; Bradley E.; Fern McVey; Shonda Hutson
(fighting cancer); and please pray for my wife, Jeanie, who is having a problem
with her heart.

Please pray for the coronavirus
COVID19 pandemic to come to an end. Pray for treatments and a cure for the
virus to be rapidly found and deployed. Pray for all those afflicted to be
healed and for our leaders to have supernatural wisdom and ability to lead us
through this pandemic.

Please pray for an end to the
rioting, looting, wanton destruction, and the racial hatred in the USA and that
it will be replaced with peace and love. May God help the USA! Many prayer needs
are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You can also
post your prayer requests there (Of
course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. 03.18.18 I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview
Baptist Church in Elk City, Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com

If you enjoy the devotional please
recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.

Devotion vs Devotional: We do our
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Classic from 2003

The Burning Bush Devotional

10 May 2021

Stuff

Do not
lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where
thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,
where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and
steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. - Matthew 6:19-21.

California’s Gov. Gray Davis estimates
the cost of the fires in his state (in 2003) at $2 billion dollars and
says, “I think this is the worst disaster the
state has ever experienced.” The
blaze in San Diego County has killed 12 people and Sheriff Bill Kolender says, “Many who died ignored
evacuation orders and were caught by flames because they waited until the last
minute to flee.” Kolender warns, “When you
are asked to leave, do it immediately. Do not wait.”

Many
residents because of the fire’s unpredictable nature only had minutes to
evacuate. If you only had 15 minutes or in some cases even less to evacuate,
what would you take with you? One man in three minutes time grabbed a
110-year-old lamp, some clothes, laptop computer, some power tools and took off
with his wife three dogs and a cat. The consensus of those I heard talking
about it today appeared to think they were blessed just to be alive and had
little concern for the “stuff” that they had lost. Many echoed
the thoughts of one family in a Red Cross shelter who lost their home
saying, “It's in God's hands. There's no point in
getting hysterical. We'll just start over.”

Hearing
the heart wrenching stories of those who barely escaped the firestorm in
California helps us to realize again, what is really important in life. All of
this “stuff” that we accumulate will someday be gone. We may
hope that our children and grandchildren will care about some of the “stuff” we
have spent a lifetime collecting but the reality is that it could all just end
up in a trash dumpster. Jim Elliott, a missionary who gave his life while
serving his Lord once wrote, “He is no
fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.” The Psalmist said, “Do not be
afraid when one becomes rich, when the glory of his house is increased; for
when he dies he shall carry nothing away; his glory shall not descend after him
(Psalm 49:16-17).”

The
spiritual reality is that only that which is of eternal value will last. Jesus
urges us to store up our treasures in Heaven where moth, rust and thieves
cannot destroy them. Surprisingly Christians give only three percent of their
after tax income to Christian causes. We are apparently buying a whole lot
of “stuff” with our income that will never make it to Heaven.
Where are you storing up your “treasures?” Where is your “heart?”

Copyright © 2002 - 2021. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998 the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush website:

http://www.theburningbush.net

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 23 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to subscribers
across the world. At one time there were 18,000 subscribers in more than 70
countries to the devotional but that has now shrunk to around 9,000.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at http://www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right-hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Caleb Freeman’ Pat S.; Buck & Barbara
Wright; Gwen P.; James Perkins and his wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter; Addison; JoJo,
Bailey and Nicky; Ralph and De Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy M.; Zoe
Marx Jones; Todd Higgins; Brandy and Jadyn’s Dad; Patricia Rohman and Lisa
Butler who has had a stroke; Scott J.; Karla W.; Clayton T. and Sarah; Clark
S.; Lana Bass; Matthew Collins; Marjean C.; Bradley E.; Fern McVey; Shonda Hutson
(fighting cancer); and please pray for my wife, Jeanie, who is having a problem
with her heart.

Please pray for the coronavirus
COVID19 pandemic to come to an end. Pray for treatments and a cure for the
virus to be rapidly found and deployed. Pray for all those afflicted to be
healed and for our leaders to have supernatural wisdom and ability to lead us
through this pandemic.

Please pray for an end to the
rioting, looting, wanton destruction, and the racial hatred in the USA and that
it will be replaced with peace and love. May God help the USA! Many prayer needs
are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You can also
post your prayer requests there (Of
course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. 03.18.18 I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview
Baptist Church in Elk City, Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com

If you enjoy the devotional please
recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.

Devotion vs Devotional: We do our
devotions, we read devotionals.

You can unsubscribe to the burningbushdevo devotional group by
sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org and then respond
to the confirmation email.

You may subscribe to the html text group (Because of time
constraints the devotional is only being sent now in html format) by sending a
blank email to burningbushhtml-join@welovegod.org and you may unsubscribe by
sending a blank email to burningbushhtml-leave@welovegod.org and then respond
to the confirmation email. If the link does not work, copy and paste the link.

To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org