Mistrust in Wealth Psalms 49

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In observation throughout history society seems to have a common denominator, Psalm 49 addresses the common denominator, our misplaced trust in wealth and how our choices regarding wealth impact our relationship with God. Throughout our humankind history our preoccupation with wealth has become our nemesis. Our preoccupation with greed and wealth is established in how we sustain and account for our breaking our covenant and commandment to not have other Gods before our God, in our embracing other idols, and in our covetousness in seeking what our neighbor possesses. Our misplaced trust in wealth is the basis for the problems and choices we encounter within our lifetime in our observations as it plays out daily within society while undoing the moral constructs present within our daily existence. It is the slow unraveling and undermining of a society who chooses to misplace trust in wealth.
N. T. Wright’s The Case for the Psalms: Why They Are Essential reminds us of the differences found within the importance of God’s time, space, and matter in comparison to our time, space and matter perspectives. In our limited human capacity we as human kind take our miscues from the human perspective when chasing after the material gains of this world as we put our prayerful meditations and relationships to God on the back burner of our lives while redirecting our energies toward the relationships we cultivate with our wealth. If we as Christian cultivate our relationship with God we will be recognize the wealth we seek can only be found in our relationship with Our Father and Our Savior Jesus Christ as He is the provider of our wealth. He sees clearly our needs providing for them daily. If we could see the realities of our time, spac...

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...sical understanding. The opening states the wisdom imparted here will be for all of mankind. While giving further guidance in how to live ones life while finding the “wisdom” and “understanding” one seeks while pondering, “listening,” and “meditating” on the truth found within the similarities of humans and animals found within the “riddle.” The sage’s teachings are traditional to Israel convention and theological tradition and are not personal.
It is as true today as it was in the time of its authorship in the warning that mankind must not choose to place mistrust in wealth. Just as in biblical times all we have to do is observe daily life and the choices mankind makes in the misplacing of trust in wealth as it is permeates our surroundings and continues to perpetuate its continued deception as its consequences continue to unfold in the effects on this world.

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