We are often tempted to think, as we choose a Godly way over an ungodly way (not fornicating, for example), “Will this really pay out in the end? Is what God says true? Will I get to the end of life and never have had enough sex, money, power, fame?” Life seems to be a process of making that kind of decision over and over. All we can do is have faith that doing what God says will benefit us.
We also see those who have had the sex, money, etc., and who do not live following God’s word. They choose their own way and do not perceive themselves to be missing anything and do not think that they are in trouble in any way.
When we all get to the end of our physical life it will be up to God to show himself faithful. He will be faithful to his word. What his word says means something entirely different for us than for them.
But he shows himself faithful the godly in this life. My wife and I have enough to eat, we do not have the burden of broken relationships (caused by ourselves, at least), we have a measure of contentment.
Should the country fall to pieces we know that riches profit not in the day of wrath. God says righteousness delivers from death. We must believe what God says and trust he will give us the grace to be righteous (Christ is our righteousness) and to deliver us at that time. We know that riches would not help if we had them in the day of wrath. We may not have physical comfort, but we must have faithfulness, we must do the work of the Lord. God will be faithful.
