Psalm 49: Death and Taxes
"'In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." (Benjamin Franklin) No one can avoid death even by paying tax to God. No one could pay enough to escape the grave. Rich or poor, wise or stupid, death will claim you one day and you walk over empty-handed leaving your money behind. So don’t trust in your cash or boast of your assets, for none of it truly belongs to you. These bodies of ours will wear out and then what will you be? Just a rotting carcass like a dead sheep in a ditch? Or will you step through the gate, cast aside your wallet and your skin, into light, into glory? to be loved utterly, utterly free, wildly alive, no more fear, no more taxes, just God. |
Psalm 49:
Who can pay the ransom? (Mark 10: 25 and 45) Sorry, I have bad news for you no matter how rich you are how much cash you have one day it will be no good to you one day you will die! Death will kidnap you, and demand more ransom money than anyone can pay. Only one man paid the price for you Only Jesus, dying on the cross, was the ransom to rescue us from death. As for fancy cars and big bank balances they’re no use to you in the end. |
Note on the photos:
The amazing one of the hole in the wall is called 'Time Window' by Ian Thompson. Ian@NZFlickr
The sand is me trying to be arty at Foxton Beach.
The amazing one of the hole in the wall is called 'Time Window' by Ian Thompson. Ian@NZFlickr
The sand is me trying to be arty at Foxton Beach.