Are you poor? Are you barely making it by? Are you single? Are you friendless? Has your health taken a dive? In 2 Corinthians 6:10 Paul is talking about himself and he says that he has nothing, yet possesses all things! “Having nothing, and yet possessing all things.” he says.
Friends, if you’ve got Jesus, you’ve got it all! If you have a relationship with God, if your sins are washed away, if your name is written in heaven, if you have the Holy Spirit living inside of you, if you have a Bible in your hands, you are rich and you possess all things!
I know that money is helpful, but don’t let your joy hinge on the presence or absence of large amounts of cash. A million dollars in the bank won’t give you the inner peace that a friendship with your Creator will give you. Perfect health is something we’d all love to possess, but even a sturdy heart and a hardy brain can’t fill the hole in our souls. Sure, a multitude of friends will improve your life, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother and His name is Jesus and there is no time of day or night where you can’t access His life-giving company.
When I became a follower of Jesus, I left the relationship I was in, which meant that I left the apartment I was living in. After that I didn’t have my own place for a little while, but I had made my spiritual home in the heart of God and I possessed all things. I allowed God to make His home in my heart, and I possessed all things.
Because the vehicle I drove belonged to my girlfriend, I no longer had a vehicle to get from here to there, so my mode of transportation became my feet, a taxi or a bicycle, and friends. That bicycle, which was a post-conversion gift from my parents, was one of my most cherished possessions! Those two wheels meant more to me than if I was handed a free Mercedes! Why? Because although I lost a car when I gave my life to Jesus, I gained eternal life and the joys of being born again. Death and decay no longer were the theme of my life! That bicycle was a token of my new life in Christ.
Friends, it’s easy to focus on what we don’t have, but when we realize the exceeding wealth of love and light we receive from a relationship with God, our earthly lack becomes overwhelmed by spiritual gain!
Are you aware that Jesus Christ, God in flesh was a homeless man? In Matthew 8:20 Jesus said, “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.” He is referring to Himself here when He says “the Son of Man.” The King of Kings and Lord of Lords, the Almighty God who hung the stars in the sky; He didn’t dwell in a palace or a mansion while He walked among us; His source of wholeness and satisfaction in His earthly life came from a oneness with the Father. One of my favorite scriptures is 2 Corinthians 8:9 which says, “For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich.” Jesus abandoned His riches and His glorious throne in heaven to make you and I rich in salvation! My dear reader, Jesus says in Matthew 6:33, “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” Some of the physical things you lack will be filled when you seek first the things of God, and for the things you don’t ever obtain, remember what great riches you have in Christ!