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You Have a Divine Right to Ask, "LORD, What's in It for Me?"<br />
was doing exactly what God in Deuteronomy said<br />
NOT to do: "When you are wealthy, when you have<br />
great possessions, forget not the Lord your God"<br />
(Deuteronomy 8:7-20).<br />
When this man got prosperous, he started<br />
trusting in his money instead of the Lord. Now he<br />
finds it's not in his spirit to go back to trusting in<br />
God.<br />
It isn't that Jesus doesn't want to supply your<br />
lack of money or the things you need. But when<br />
you're trusting in material things you're not<br />
trusting in God. You can only put your trust in<br />
one thing. It is not possible to have more than one<br />
Source.<br />
In the very first commandment, God said,<br />
"You shall have no other gods before me" (Exodus<br />
203).<br />
"Before me." That means nothing out in front<br />
of God. That means God is not first. When you see<br />
other things in front of God, repent. Turn around.<br />
Get back to having God FIRST.<br />
This man's money was standing in front of<br />
God—it was a god to him. He had broken God's<br />
commandment not to have any other god<br />
BEFORE HIM. Jesus saw it and said, "It's<br />
impossible for people to get to heaven who trust<br />
in riches or anything else as a source. God is the<br />
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