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#25 Rich in God
From Meditations on the Epistles of John, by Samuel Froehlich
Fallen man entrusts nothing to God, the Only and Veritable One, not even the
temporal, to say nothing of the eternal. His whole life on earth is a continuous
chain of trouble and sorrow, how he may procure a life free from care by earthly
abundance, but only the fewest obtain this and they have more worry and care by
reason of their mammon than they had before. Besides, nothing that perishes is
really one’s property; in the last shipwreck one must leave it all behind. But
he who is rich in God has his riches as his real and eternal property which he
takes yonder with him ("omnea mea mecum porto"), and even in a profane epithet
he who is proud of his riches is called a fool, as if he were better on that
account. Christ however has given us the right directions for leading a life
free from care (Matthew 6), namely, in faith to God and in striving after His
kingdom, but who believes what He says is true? And yet the temporal is the very
least that God does for us.
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Fallen man entrusts nothing to God, the Only and Veritable One, not even the
temporal, to say nothing of the eternal. His whole life on earth is a continuous
chain of trouble and sorrow, how he may procure a life free from care by earthly
abundance, but only the fewest obtain this and they have more worry and care by
reason of their mammon than they had before. Besides, nothing that perishes is
really one’s property; in the last shipwreck one must leave it all behind. But
he who is rich in God has his riches as his real and eternal property which he
takes yonder with him ("omnea mea mecum porto"), and even in a profane epithet
he who is proud of his riches is called a fool, as if he were better on that
account. Christ however has given us the right directions for leading a life
free from care (Matthew 6), namely, in faith to God and in striving after His
kingdom, but who believes what He says is true? And yet the temporal is the very
least that God does for us.