An eternal perspective is a good thing because it is rooted in our expectation of our future home with Jesus. However, we shouldn’t allow that to make us too comfortable. Jesus teaches us that, ultimately, an eternal perspective really should affect our present behavior.

Money, it's a cause of stress and anxiety for most of us. Whether we think about it often or just sometimes, we all worry about it in some way. In this passage, Jesus comforts us and then calls us to live in light of His Kingdom when it comes to our cash.

For many of us, we have a wrong perspective on money. So Jesus tells us a story on how to have the right perspective on our money.

In an ever-changing world, we need to make sure we have the right perspective on things.

A workless faith is a worthless faith.

James ends his letter with a huge challenge for us as believers, to rescue wandering believers and lead them back to the truth.

We all hate waiting, especially when we are going through painful seasons. But the call from James is to be patient like the farmer, the prophets and Job and wait like them for the return of Jesus.

James 5 opens up with some graphic language about the rich. But don't tune out because the rich is us. The truth is that our money tells us where our heart is. And James reminds us here to fight against materialism.