It’s our wedding vow.
We’ll love each other, no matter what. For richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health. What it really means is that we won’t abandon one another for greener grass at the first inclination.
How about God? Do we love him only when he blesses us with financial prosperity? Or, are we in it for the long haul?
If all we want is Biblical prosperity, Luke 6:24 should set us on our ear:
“But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation.”
Ouch, if riches are our goal. If God is our goal, then our days play themselves out very differently. John 6:27 gives us a clearer focus:
“Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.”
Being poor is not our goal. Solomon abounded in wealth. God owns all the cattle on the hills, all the funds in every money market account, and all the fine mansions we could ever want. If that’s all we’re about, however, then we’ve come to God for the wrong reason.
Luke 12:33 goes even further than our passage in John:
“Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.”
Where’s our focus? Are we in the Church for what we can get out of it, or are we here for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health?
When we truly love God, our relationship with him isn’t dependent on our pocketbook. It’s a commitment of our love, time, cash, and family. It’s giving everything we’ve got to express our love for him.
It’s our wedding vow.
When we gaze into the eyes of God, somehow all the rest seems less important than before.
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