To Have Everything, Possess Nothing!

It has been said that we come into the world with nothing

And we can take nothing out of it.

While this is true of the material realm it is not true of the spiritual realm.

Everything belongs to God

In both the material as well as the spiritual realms,

Even our very selves.

If we give ourselves to God we gain all that is His;

If we possess nothing but Him, we gain everything.

If we give everything we see as belonging to us in this world:

Our lives, parents, relatives, sons, daughters, friends, 

Jobs, homes, property, cars, bank accounts

And anything else that may “belong” to us, to God;

Only then, do we have everything that belongs to God,

Which everything worth having.

This is the paradox of this life in this world.

In the next life, the life beyond this world, there is Heaven and Hell.

If we have in this world nothing but God, we gain eternal LIFE

And all that is His, because He makes us One with Himself.

If things in this world possess us, and whatever we possess, possesses us;

Then we do not have God;

Then Hell is our destination and we loose everything worth having.

Christ Jesus said:

Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it,

And whoever loses his life will preserve it. (Luke 17:33)

If anyone would come after Me, he must deny himself

And take up his cross and follow Me.

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it,

But whoever loses his life for Me will find it.

What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world,

Yet forfeits his soul?

For the Son of Man is going to come in His Father's Glory with His angels,

And then He will reward each person according to what he has done.

(Matthew 16:24-27)

The ground of a certain rich man produced a good crop.

He thought to himself, 'What shall I do?

I have no place to store my crops.'

Then he said, 'This is what I'll do.

I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones,

And there I will store all my grain and my goods.

And I'll say to myself,

'You have plenty of good things laid up for many years

Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.'

But God said to him, 'You fool!

This very night your life will be demanded from you.

Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?'

This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself

But is not rich toward God.' (Luke 12:16-21)

I pray for them (those who belong to Christ).

I am not praying for the world, but for those You have given Me,

For they are Yours.

All I have is yours, and all You have is mine. (John 17:9-10)

The apostle Paul said:

And He raised us up together with Him [Christ], [at this time]

And made us sit down together—giving us joint seating with Him--

In the heavenly sphere [by virtue of our being] in Christ Jesus,

The Messiah, the Anointed One.

He did this that He might clearly demonstrate through the ages to come

The immeasurable (limitless, surpassing) riches of His free grace

(His unmerited favor) in kindness

And goodness of heart toward us in Christ Jesus. (Ephesians 2:6-7 AMP)

Have you given up everything in this life

That you might have everything in the Kingdom of God now, and forever?

Christ came to set us free.

We cannot posses things or persons in this world and be free.

The only freedom that exists is in the Kingdom of God.

Everything else is a burden we cannot bear.

Christ Jesus said:

'Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened,

And I will give you rest.

Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me,

For I am gentle and humble in heart,

And you will find rest for your souls.

For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.'

The “yoke” of Christ is free of worldly possessions,

Yet, possess all the riches of Heaven, now and forever.

Those who seek first, above all else, the Kingdom of God

Are given by God all they need. 

As God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!