ignoring wealth is less deceiving than the other error: greed and worship of money and the fear of losing riches. But the really wise avoid both attitudes through knowing worldly wealth to be but a reflection of the real, the spiritual riches that must be sought first, last, and always. Having found the riches of heaven, you cannot escape the riches of earth unless you purposely repudiate them.
THE NEW CANAAN
The rich state of being is the Promised Land that belongs to the people of God. Its occupancy by the selfish and carnal is like the Hittites, Canaanites, and others possessing the Promised Land at the time the Israelites began their march, under Moses, out of Egypt to regain their own country. The land, according to the spies (Num. 13), was most desirable, "a land flowing with milk and honey." This innocent land was sweet and pure and goodly even though exploited by the heathen. So are worldly riches: impersonal, good, useful, commanding the world's respect.
Let us be true and not despise that which symbolizes a divine blessing, nor yet on the other hand lust for that which is not the real riches; for "how hardly shall they that have riches enter the kingdom of God!" which is a saying that applies to the eager, anxious poor as well as the foolish rich. It is not
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