Sole Possessor

August 27

We like to think that we’re ‘self-sufficient.’ We don’t like to be ‘beholdin’ to anyone’—and toward that end, we struggle and work and sometimes connive and contrive in order that we might show ourselves to be superior to those who may be vying for the ends we wish to attain.

In the business world, we resent anyone who tries to beat us at our own game. In the area of courtship, we demand exclusivity. We want our kids to be the best because they are a reflection of our parenting. We want our yards to look nice because they present us to passers-by.

Image is everything. We want ours to be stellar. If we feel we lack any good thing that those in our peer group may possess, we cannot rest until we have acquired it also. The one area in which we often fall short is in the spiritual realm. This happens essentially because we don’t make the spirit our priority. Another reason is that we cannot earn spiritual capital.

All we can do is rely on Jesus to give it to us—and we don’t like to be beholdin’ to anyone! If we expect to gain it on our own, we’re mistaken. His Word affirms, “My God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus” Philippians 4:19. We can’t gain it alone. We can have eternal treasure at will, but we must accept it from Jesus, for He is the sole possessor of it