Why You Should Not Show Off Your Wealth

Category: Daily Inspirational

A certain king in the Old Testament named Hezekiah was very ill, but was healed through the power of the word of God. After his recovery kings from other nations came to visit him, just like when one of our rulers in the world today goes for a major surgery, other leaders pays him visit when he has been discharged from hospital.




Such was the case of King Hezekiah. Among those who visited him then was the prince of Babylon, the prince of Babylon in those days was one of the richest people on earth. He was accompanied by a great convoy from Babylon (Ministers, Head of services, ambassadors, senators etc.) with the siren of their cars blaring everywhere in town.

This excited King Hezekiah and because he needed to make them see that he was a very rich king, he took them around his palace and the around the entire kingdom and showed them EVERYTHING in the palace, the silver, gold, spices and aromatic oils, his armory and all the royal treasuries.

Isaiah 39: 2B, "There was nothing in his palace or kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them"

After the y had gone, God sent prophet Isaiah to visit the king and asked him where his visitors were from and what he showed to them in the kingdom. Hezekiah told him the truth that he showed them everything in the palace.

Look, it doesn't matter if you have always been a humble person, one single slip can cost you so much. Hezekiah was a very humble man; remember how God added to his life 15 years when he was supposed to have died of a terminal illness. But one moment of showing off cost him is reputation of many years. Read Isaiah 39:5-7

"Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, 'Listen to this message from the Lord of Heaven's Armies: "The time is coming when everything in your palace-all the treasures stored up by your ancestors until now- will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left," says the Lord. Some of your very own sons will be taken away into exile. They will become eunuchs who will serve in the palace of Babylon's king"

So I said to myself that means there is truly "generational curse", and it can go as far as great- grandchildren if they are not saved. One can only be saved from curse through salvation which is only gotten from Jesus Christ.

Praise God!

CITY Pastor

Notice: Unless otherwise indicated, all scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation.

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