When Jesus was tempted by the devil in the wilderness, one of the temptations was that of the promise of riches. Mathew 4:8 to 10 describes how the devil took Jesus onto a high pinnacle and showed Him all the kingdoms of the earth and promised them to Jesus if Jesus would Just fall down and worship the devil.
This is a story about a young lady who had a full and eventful life. The young lady was beautiful, smart and full of the love of life. She loved adventure and so shortly after leaving school and working to make some money, she started to set out to explore the wondeful world of travel.
On her various travles to exotic parts of the world this young lady met and soon courted some extremely wealthy men who all wished to take and posses her. there were extravagant gifts lavished on her and many a overseas trip as a companion, and of course there were countless proposals from these extrremely wealthy men. Accepting any one of the many proposals would have seen this young lady being advanced from a normal middle class person to one of the elite of the world. Money would never be a problem to her again in her life if she would accept just one of these many proposals, but at each proposal she politely refused.
Time progressed and soon the young lady met a particular very average man with whom she soon fell in love with. The man was also very middle class and did not posses any fortune or even a promising carreer that would bring some hope of a prosperous future. However the lady was in love and for her true love was more important than all the riches of the world.
The couple were soon married and had to survive the hardships of a new marriage and new family additions on a fairly low income.
After a few years the couple had a lucky break and saw the husband changing careers and soon the riches started to flow in. Now once again, prosperity has found this lady who turned away from prosperity in search of love.
The story shows that when we look for love, all sorts of blessings will follow. When you turn to Jesus, you need to come to Him in search of love, expecting love and nothing else. His kind heart will reward you accordingly and you may soon find that you are showered with riches.
