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For I was envious of the boastful, I saw the peace of the wicked. For there are no pains in their death, And their body is fat. They are not in trouble as other men, And they are not stricken along with the rest of mankind…. When I gave thought to know this, It was trouble in my sight Until I came into the sanctuary of God; Then I understood their end.

Psalm 73:3-5, 16–17, LSB

I remember the program, “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous,” in the 80’s. The host, Robin Leach, would visit all these celebrity homes and show you how they lived it up. The luxury and excess were breathtaking. It was easy to become envious of all they had. The temptation was to yearn for the things that they had. The world would call it motivation to succeed. One thing was rarely seen in celebrity homes, a place set apart for God. Their gods were all on display, but the one, true God was most often not present. God has a different understanding of success and wealth is measured differently for the person of faith. Excess is a hungry beast that consumes us. The more we acquire the more we desire. Our Lord desires for us to find contentment. Solomon was given wisdom as a youth, but folly came as all that he acquired drove him away from God and into the arms of idols. It wasn’t about monetary wealth for Solomon and the same is true for all, money is an amoral tool that when it becomes the ends becomes an idol. God desires for us to seek after Him and find our home in His sanctuary. In our lives, He desires for us to find our only hope in Him and our greatest want is to worship Him and through this we may find His peace.

Let us pray. I thank you, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, your dear Son, that you have kept me this night from all harm and danger, and I ask you to protect me this day also from sin and every evil, that in all I do today, I may please you. For into your hands, I commend myself, my body and soul, and all that is mine. Let your holy angel watch over me, that the wicked foe have no power over me. Amen.