OUR DAILY BREAD             Wed., May 10, 1995
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READ:  Ephesians 1:15-23

                  I'M RICH!

"(I pray) that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ
  may give to you the spirit of wisdom and
    revelation in the knowledge of Him."

                        - Ephesians 1:17

A troubled Tallahassee couple had been kicked
out of their house and were sleeping in a
battered car.  They were afraid their three
chilfren would be taken from them and placed
in a foster home.  But then they won $709,943
in the state lottery.

Suddenly they were rich.  They rented a stretch
limousine to pick up their after-tax payoff of
$565.544.68.

Imagine stumbling on to that kind of money.  How
would you feel?  What if you won 100 times that
much?

How would all that money compare with the kind
of riches described in Ephesians 1?  If we have
put our hope of salvation in Jesus Christ alone,
we are spiritually rich!  Do we realize it?

The anxieties of daily troubles can blind us to
what it means to know the Son of God, the hope of
His calling, the riches of His inheritance, and
the power that He has to provide for us
(Eph. 1:18-19).  Bills and mindless desires can
make it easy to envy those who stumble upon
infinitely less than the eternal riches we
possess.

Father, forgive us for our distraction and unbelief.
Open once more these eyes that desperately need to
see the inexpressible riches You have given us
through Your Son Jesus Christ.

                        -- Martin R. De Haan II

    You may have much gold and grandeur,
        Yet by God be counted poor;
        He alone has riches truly
    Who has Christ, though nothing more.

                        -- Anon.
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             THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
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     To be rich in God is far better than
             to be rich in goods.
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THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  Nehemiah 10-13

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