Spoiled Rotten

“And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.” This is the promise that Paul reveals in Philippians 4:19. But as my pastor once said during a sermon, “Sometimes people get so caught up in the blessing, they forget Who the blessing came from.”

As Christians, we have an inheritance in God’s glory. Some people have interpreted that to mean financial wealth, and others understand it to be a spiritual prosperity. But whether we are profited with material success or blessed with an emotionally fulfilling life, the fact remains that we must never lose sight of Who our blessings have come from.

There’s nothing worse than spoiled Christians. You know the ones. They look down their noses on others who aren’t “as fortunate” as themselves. They leave no room for other people’s short comings, believing that everyone in the world is called to walk and understand as they do. They are so blessed, yet so blinded by their own riches. This was one of the chief problems that Jesus had with the Pharisees. They were profited with so much as descendants of Abraham, but they had become selfish and petty (see Luke 12). Simply rotten.

God loves to bestow his blessings upon us. But with everything we get, we should be humbled in knowing that the Giver suffered so that we could have it all. One of the best ways to show our appreciation is to use our prosperity to benefit someone else.

I’m going to continuously give God glory—through my words and my actions—to show thanks for my riches in Christ!