HAVE YOU EVER WISHED YOU WERE RICH? IF SO, DID YOU THINK IT THROUGH…WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO BE RICH?

FOR EXAMPLE, EVERY ONE YOU EVER KNEW WOULD HAVE REASON TO ASK YOU TO HELP THEM GET OUT OF THE TIGHT THEY’VE GOTTEN THEMSELVES IN. AND YOU’D BE OVER-RUN WITH FINANCIAL PEOPLE, WANTING TO SET UP PLANS FOR INVESTING. AND YOU’D BE OBLIGED TO BUY EXPENSIVE THINGS, INSTEAD OF LOOKING FOR GOOD BARGAINS.

AND OF COURSE YOU’D WANT A FANCY CAR, SO CHECK THIS ONE OUT…I SAW IT ON TV…A ONE-HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR CAR THAT WOULD GO TWO-HUNDRED AND FIVE MILES PER HOUR. AND I DON’T KNOW WHY THEY BOTHERED TO MENTION THAT IT GOT 15 MILES TO THE GALLON. FOR THE RICH, WHO CARES? AND WHERE IN THE WORLD COULD YOU DRIVE 205 MILES PER HOUR? REAMS OF TRAFFIC TICKETS, IF YOU LIVED.

AND HOW ABOUT FAMILY AND PERSONAL SAFETY FROM KIDNAPPERS. OR SAFE-CRACKERS, LOOKING FOR CASH IN THE SAFE BEHIND THE PICTURE THAT YOU HAD SPECIALLY MADE. MAYBE THE BREAK-IN BY THE ONE WHO BUILT THE SAFE.

HAVE YOU EVER CHECKED A LIST OF WHAT HAPPENS TO PEOPLE WHO WIN A FEW MILLION IN A JACKPOT? MOST COME TO A BAD, SAD END.

THE POINT OF ALL THIS? JUST SO I CAN TELL YOU TO BE SENSIBLE, RESPONSIBLE AND DEPENDABLE AND YOU’LL HAVE A HAPPIER LIFE. CAP THAT OFF BY GIVING YOUR LIFE TO CHRIST, AND YOU’LL EVEN HAVE A HAPPY, EVERLASTING, AFTER-LIFE.

THINK ABOUT IT.