Something pretty cool happened to me this morning.  We have celebrated baptisms the past few weeks.  Our baptismal has a curtain all around it that is closed when not in use.  I went to close it today and couldn’t.  The cord wouldn’t work.  Even crawling up there and trying to manually close the curtains wouldn’t work.  They just wouldn’t budge.  Apparently, there are more baptisms to come.

Here is today’s Bible reading:  Exodus 7:25-9:35; Matthew 19:13-30; Psalm 24:1-10; Proverbs 6:1-5.

Psalm 24:1 (NIV)
Of David. A psalm.

The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it,
the world, and all who live in it;

So true, and so easy to forget.  I don’t own anything.  I am a steward/manager of God’s resources.  Someday I will have to give an account for my stewardship.  Did I use His resources for His glory or my own?

Interestingly, this was precisely the struggle of the rich young ruler that also appeared in today’s reading.  He clung too tightly to what did not belong to him.  As a consequence, he missed out on the far greater blessing.