Good morning. I hope your week is going great. Today's inspiration is definitely not aimed at us or anyone we know. From first Timothy chapter 6: instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy. Of course you don't have to be rich to be fixing your hope on the uncertainty of riches. That's why people buy lottery tickets. They are hoping that they will strike it rich. But riches won't save you. They dream about what they will do with all that money. In reality they would only need a small fraction of all that money to be happy. If you are trusting in riches, what do you do if something happens to the riches? Then you are lost. But if you're fixing your hope on God, nothing will ever happen to Him. He will always be there to supply your every need. What should we be doing? Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share. If your hope is fixed on riches, you will not be willing to share. Because if you do, you are giving away part of your hope. If the riches disappear, so does your hope. When we do good works and share, we store up for ourselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that we may take hold of that which is life indeed. Father thank You that the reader has fixed his/her hope on You; that he/she continually does good works and shares with those in need. Thank You that he/she takes hold of that which is life indeed. Help him/her to be a shining light to those around him/her, especially to his/her family.

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