"...For Nobody!"

"This their way is their folly: yet their prosperity approve their sayings. Selah." (Psalms 49:13) Notice that Jesus did not say, Where your heart is, there will your treasure be also; that would be a farce on this side of heaven, because if your heart is set upon the things of earth, guess what, You've got nothing!!! There will be no treasure waiting for you at the end of your journey; but if your heart is set upon the things of heaven, then, if that's where you're going, you will have something to look forward to. However, what Jesus said, and the way that He said it, it works well in both directions; because if your treasure is here, then your heart will be set upon the things of this place; but if your treasure is in heaven, then your heart will be set upon the things of heaven, and you will pay close attention to what is required to get there! And here, that is, here upon this earth, we have nothing that can bring us any real prosperity; nothing that will last, nothing to save our eternal soul, or the souls of others. When he says, "yet their prosperity approve their sayings", it is an interesting concept to look upon, because it is so true: their prosperity agrees with their sentiments! They had their hearts set upon the things of this earth, so is their prosperity, dirt; nothing more than dirt. As a matter of fact, you could say that their prosperity perishes with them; they can have it all the way up until they die, and then it is no more; poof, just like that, it is gone and no longer within reach! "Sayings" are more than just words, although it shows what might be said; it is more about the commandments that they live by, or the expression of their lives; what they really care about will be expressed by the way that they live and the things that they say. In other words, "their folly", which is their stupidity in trusting in riches, is a false hope; it is a hope that cannot be held onto, no matter how hard you try, or how much you have; in the end, nobody is the any richer for any of it, because it will all be gone... "But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being of fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat." (2 Peter 3:10-12)