Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me

Pro 30:8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: Pro 30:9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Good morning friends and teens. Well we have gotten off to a great start in our Wednesday night series (the Book of Revelation). The Pastor has started in Chapter 1 and we will be walking through until the end. How exciting considering the message he brought was only the beginning, afterwards while fellow shipping a young boy came forward and wanted to "talk with the preacher". Well in case you may not have heard church, or teens little Jojo got Saved! Glory to God when a young boy has it all figured out that he is a sinner in need of a Savior, and that he had enough sense to come forward and make it right. In this morning reading of Proverbs I came across the above two verses that I usually come across during my daily reading, but for some reason I guess the Lord just impressed upon me to share them with you. What an exact picture of today's people in this country, we are a covetous, ungrateful nation at what the Lord has blessed us with always chasing after more wealth and gain. Because of our unrighteousness we have become full of our own conceit and therefore have left the Lord in many areas. If you look at other people, they have become poor and destitute because of their lack of love for the Lord, and have turned to thievery and unrighteous gain because of their slothfulness all in which keep them from a personal relationship with the Lord God. Teens let your lives emulate the second verse, learn to be content with what you have and the position that you may be in life, don't seek after riches and unrighteous gain. I know its not easy to look at others and see what they may be running around with (new clothes, cool video games, ipods, cell phones) think about this though..what have they forsaken in order to get those things, or how do they treat their parents and God after always receiving those things? What have their parents forsaken in order to deliver these things into their hands? What about a relationship at home because the parents are always working to satisfy worldly desire rather than need. What about a relationship with God, where when in fellow ship with Him all your needs are met? Friends little is much when God is in it, don't be fooled by this worlds promotion of things. Remember that the Lord said "Mat 6:19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: Mat 6:20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: Mat 6:21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Teens where is your heart today, and what treasure are you chasing after? What price are you willing to pay to get what you are seeking, for there is always a price. Is it treasure that in the end, when the Lord has required your life that He will reward you, and your riches will be gold, silver and precious stone or will it burn up in the fire and be nothing as wood hay and stubble? Another possibility is that you may have your heart so set on the things of this world that you never call upon the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sin, and never accept Him as your personal Savior. I remember growing up that I had a very good friend, a best friend and his hearts desire was on a Nissan 300Z, well he got one from his parents, and six months later while on the way to my house on Christmas Eve he ended up wrecking and dying, the car was mangled, and so was his families lives! The saddest part was; he was the son of a preacher, and he never shared with me the gospel, so my thought is to this day, was he saved? His life revolved around getting things and going fast, what a testimony... Teens there is more to life than material gain, my prayer for you today is that you would look at what, or who you are living for and decide to make a change for the Glory of God! I love ya'll and am praying for you.