+ The first reading to points out that it has been the penchant of Fallen human nature to want to think of itself as a god!
This was the whole point of the sin of our first parents: they were enticed to
make a decision that they were told by the serpent would make them gods.
Unfortunately, they succumbed to the temptation and made a choice that had
irrevocable and damaging results. They would not be gods – and God would deal
with them with divine justice, but fortunately for all of us, divine compassion
and mercy.
You see it always was God’s
plan for us to be like him: he made us in his very image. Yes, we were to be
god-like, but we were no to replace him in our lives.
It is a basic and essential
lesson to learn that there is only one God and we are not him.
In the gospel passage Jesus
talks about those who carry around the god-like burdens of richness and wealth –
it will be difficult for them to enter the Kingdom of heaven. When we convince
ourselves that we are the creators of our own richness and wealth, then we are
in trouble. Everything is a gift from God. And our participation in his
richness depends entirely on our willingness to be poor, humble servants in our
own sight, so that he can fill us with whatever he wants us to have for each
and every day that he gives us to live.
When we let God truly be in
charge – then everything works out for the best. It always has! It always will!
Jesus
became poor so we could be rich! He is our treasure. Amen.
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