Build true wealth in heaven | Two Minute Daily Devotional

In this episode, based on James chapter 5, we are cautioned not to store up worldly riches, but instead to build wealth in heaven.  

Naked we enter this world, and naked we depart. We brought neither wealth nor clothing with us at birth, relying completely on others; when our lives come to an end, we are just as dependent once more.  

In verse 2, James underscores this stark reality: earthly riches decay and fine clothes become moth-eaten. This is not speaking to outward worldly perception – for society readily recognises luxury cars, grand yachts, and designer apparel as the hallmarks of affluence. Rather, from a spiritual vantage point, such things hold no true value; they are entirely worthless.  

James draws a vital comparison between our brief earthly existence – averaging perhaps seventy years – and the unending span of eternity. In light of forever, this life is merely a drop in the ocean. One may strive to gather immense fortune and become the wealthiest individual in the nation or even the world, yet material riches endure for only a fleeting moment