"Trusting Riches Is Foolish"

Psalms 49: [To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.] "Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world: both low and high, rich and poor, together." (verses 1-2) Before you can actually share something earnestly with others, you need to have learned it for yourself. How can a man that is poor share with a rich man the foolishness of trusting in riches? How can a man of low esteem share with someone of great power the foolishness of trusting in his stature? It is relatively a simple matter of places that your heart has dwelt, not necessarily the road in which you have traveled, but where or what you have yearned for in your heart. This is such an important matter, that it is placed after such a spiritual Psalm as 48, must go to show us how important of a matter it really is; it is the ruin of many great men, and it has destroyed many great ministries. Think about this very hard, because we all are inclined to fall into this same trap; and it really does not matter who you are or what you have, but more about what you've got and what you want; or better yet, what has got you, even if you have not gotten it yet! And why would this follow after several very uplifting and promising Psalms about God's protection and provision and grace? We shall see; but in the meantime, let us clear the air of the smoke of indifference; because we all are the same in the end, the rich and the poor, the low and the high; there really is no difference at the grave between the conditions of our bodies, they are dead, whether they lived rich or poor, in the end, that really does not matter to the man that is placed within the ground. On the other hand, our soul is much a different story! What happens to me after I die is going to matter for longer than what happens to me in this body! I hope we really understand that, because sooner or later we are going to experience it for ourselves. And yes, the title of this Psalm in my Bible says, "Trusting Riches Is Foolish", just in case you were wondering. This Psalm is more a sermon than a song; a sermon filled with parables and points of reason, so as to show us the foolishness of trusting in anything so unstable as wealth; even if you have not obtained wealth, you are still subject to the foolishness of trusting in it, just by your desire to be wealthy... "And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto His disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! And the disciples were astonished at His words. But Jesus answered again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved? And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible." (Mark 10:23-27)