He who dies with the most toys, still dies.

Mark 8:36 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?

I watched the custom bike get detailed a week ago. I watched the new car detailed this weekend. I thought to myself of my life before Christ and of how that was my life. God has been putting before me lots of people who are getting new “stuff”. The list would be long and personal, but God has been showing me these things, opening my eyes and putting anguish in my heart. I lived for so long with the idea of “he who dies with the most toys wins.” My culture that surrounds me here in Charlotte is sliding down the road to hell in the pursuit of material possessions. They have so many idols that are placed before their relationship with Christ if they even know Him. Exodus 20:3 You shall have no other gods before Me.

There is nothing wrong with “stuff” and the joys of life. There is a problem with the “stuff” when it comes your pursuit in life. Do you wish to have a new toy more than anything else in the world? Does that new car mean so much to you that you work long hours sacrificing all else around you to get it? Do you not tithe at church where you are every Sunday to feel good about yourself? You are stealing from God! Malachi 3:8 “Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! But you say, ‘In what way have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings. I have watched my pastor give heartfelt pleas to his flock where the facts are dismal of those that give weekly back to God what God gave to them. How will you answer to Him, if you see Him, of how He entrusted you with the money He gave you?

There was another popular cliche, “He who dies with the most toys, still dies.” That sentence has eternal meaning and truth embedded in it. Get it. There is nothing that you attain in life that you will be able to take with you. There is nothing in life that will not perish after you are gone. The only things that matter are the lives you invest in, and Christ that you share with them. The pursuit of your life here should be in the light of the life after. Even a hundred years here in material wealth, cannot compare to one day in heaven; much less it will be eternal. There comes a point in your Christian life you must get it. You must understand Christ is calling you to put Him first in every detail of your life. 35 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it. I plea that you will see that new toy as rust, and invest in eternal riches. Matthew 6:19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Get it.