Psalm 49

God's message couldn't be clearer, that His judgement on either the rich or poor, the strong or weak, is the same --- that all will have to face death one day. We will "take nothing with us when we die" (Psalm 49:17).

We must recognise that every good thing we experience in life is due to God's goodness (Jedidiah Tham, 2004, "The Apple of His Eye", p 19). Because of this truth, we are fruitful and we lack nothing in life. God wants us to know that we should not envy the rich as we lack nothing when we know that God has blessed us with favour and eternal lives.

As William Shakespeare put it simply: "Poor and content is rich, and rich enough". As believers of Jesus Christ, we know spiritual wealth is far better than material wealth. Store up treasures in heaven instead!