It really is true that we spend most of our resources - our money, our time, our energy - on the stuff that we know is only temporary. It's true that we have the responsibility to work to support ourselves...to do our best to make sure that we are not dependent on others. But then sometimes that becomes sort of a pride thing, doesn't it. While we work to be independent we also must realize that we are totally dependent. Jesus said that we should lay up treasures in heaven (Matthew 6:19-20). Jesus said if we seek His kingdom first that our needs in this life would be met (Matthew 6:33).
We (I) have a tendency to get it all backwards. I "spend money on what is not bread," and I "labor on what does not satisfy" when all the time Jesus simply invites us to...
“Come, all you who are thirsty,
come to the waters;
and you who have no money,
come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without cost.
Why spend money on what is not bread,
and your labor on what does not satisfy?
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good,
and you will delight in the richest of fare. (55:1-2)
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