Is There Anything Money Cannot Do?

Passage:  1 Chronicles 16:25 - For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods.

Main Point:  Why do we seek other gods?  There are plenty.  Money, power, fame, prestige, even our families can become our gods.  Anything that becomes more important to us than the Living God of Heaven and Savior, Jesus Christ, has become our god.  Yet these things all have their pros and cons.  With the Living God, there is a power that is far greater than anything in creation.  Why look within creation any further?  Praise the LORD above them all!

• Lesson?  God is Great - and greatly to be praised!  Don't praise a statue.  Don't praise a figment of our imagination (i.e., sun-god, buddha, etc.).  These things are made by man, and whether traditionally or metaphorically endowed with great powers, those powers are miniscule compared to the real, living power of Almighty God.  Let's be careful to honor Him above all others, and revere Him as Greatest in our life.
• Revelation about God?  God's power is supreme, pre-eminent, and complete.  With God, all things are possible; there is nothing impossible with God.

Devotional:

In a really cool episode of iCarly, Carly's artist brother, Spencer, made her a gummy-bear lamp for her birthday.  It got so hot it burned her bedroom/studio to ashes.  The insurance adjuster discovered that a very valuable ring was also destroyed, and wrote them a check for $80K - and all of it was spent on a secret remodel of her room.  She loved it.  The episode concluded with a question that deserves an honest answer, "Is there anything money cannot do?"

Well, yes, in fact, there are plenty of things money cannot do - so don't make it your god.  Don't serve money or seek money.  Money cannot buy God's favor, or save your soul.  Money cannot heal the terminally ill.  Money cannot make the dead to rise again.  Money cannot create the universe or make new worlds or stars.  Money cannot make one righteous, moral, or holy.  Money cannot buy grace.  Yet, God can do all of this and so much more. 

Beware anything that we might hold as most important in our life unless it is Almighty God.  We will have to account for that one.  Rather, let us praise him above everything else.  Let us make His praises our life mission.  Let us delight in His glory!