With tears gathering in his own eyes, Jenny's kind daddy reached out with one hand to take the dime-store necklace, and with the other hand he reached into his pocket and pulled out a blue velvet case with a strand of beautiful genuine pearls. He had had them all the time. He was just waiting for her to give up the dime-store stuff so he could give her genuine treasure. He exhorts us to give up our gods of popularity and success so that he can give us himself. Like Jenny, we don't want to part with our plastic gods.
Christians are, in point of fact, the richest people in the world.
One man was well aware of this. Financially speaking, he had only a small income and nothing in the bank. One day a tax assessor visited his home to appraise the value of his modest property. Somewhat surprised, the official reached for his pencil and prepared to make a long list of taxable items. That's just the beginning said the Christian.