Do you long for a luxurious life? A
life where you go beyond your basic needs being met. However, are you aware
that there are many who struggle for even one square meal a day. Research shows
that approximately 18,000 people die each day of hunger. Poor nutrition and
hunger are responsible for the death of 3.1 million children a year. That’s
nearly half of all deaths in children under the age of 5. Globally, 822 million
people suffer from undernourishment. There are people who have everything
they want and beyond, yet remain unsatisfied and wanting more.
Luxury is defined as a blessing.
Anyone who is rich will state that they are blessed by God or have worked hard
for it or its just pure luck. But these responses raise serious doubts on the
goodness of God. If all those who are luxurious are blessed by God then on the other
hand it can mean all those who are barely making ends meet are being forsaken
by God. God’s justice is brought under scrutiny. In the pantheistic religious
worldview luxury is connected with money and is god in its own sense.
Jesus warned the followers when it
comes to money and possession. His words as recorded in the Bible states, “No
one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or
you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God
and money.”. God and money are opposites of the spectrum. If this is true,
then luxury by itself is not blessing or luck. It’s wise to stop judging
someone based on their possessions.
The wisest and richest king Solomon
states, “Luxury is not fitting for a fool…”. Everyone cannot handle
luxury appropriately. And most often, luxury rules people. They think they are
gods because they could get anything with their purchasing power. The Bible
says, “For the love of money is the root of all of evil: which while some
coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through
with many sorrows.”. You are God’s
masterpiece, luxury doesn’t define you. Whom you belong to makes all
difference. When you learn to trust Christ Jesus who claimed to never leave you
nor forsake you, then you find the true direction to a meaningful life with or
without luxury.
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Reference:
https://www.theworldcounts.com/challenges/people-and-poverty/hunger-and-obesity/how-many-people-die-from-hunger-each-year
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