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Reflection Psalm 49 - “Confidence in God rather than in Riches”

Who would not be envious of Bill Gates for creating Microsoft and being one of the richest persons on earth, of Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein of their discoveries and contributions to the world of science, of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie for having gorgeous bodies and being among the highest paid actors and actresses in Hollywood? And you a low profile personality, thinking of how to survive in your daily life and how to beg your professors for you not to repeat your grade level again.

Putting faith in something is good, but placing all our faith in God is something else—it is something extraordinary! Psalm 49 is a song that conveys the message of trust and faith in God so that even death can be conquered when he redeems us from our life of sin. Death is something we cannot escape, regardless of social standing, faith, nationality, age, etc. It is something that we must accept and reflect upon. It is a gift of understanding that can help us live the life that is pleasing to God.

All are equal in the eyes of God, for even the rich will taste the bitterness of death. Sweetness will only come to those who have lived for God and by his words. God truly blesses these people with eternal life. The sense of fairness and balance came upon this world so that no man can boast of his own greatness. It teaches us that the missing hole in our life can only be filled when we put our faith in God.

 “Why trust in wealth when it’s so unstable? It cannot bail you out of the great difficulties of life.” These are the words of Dr. George Wood quoted by a preacher and doctor who tells us that everything we have in this life will not be with us in the next. So we must not be intimidated by the rich and those in the upper levels of society. As long as we are rich in faith, we will have what the rich won’t easily obtain—salvation.

Our greatness cannot keep us from death; we will still die like animals. We must all remember that no matter how wealthy we are or how great we are, we cannot pay God for eternal life, we will all die someday and all of these things that we have on earth will never be brought to heaven. The rich cannot bring their mansions; the poor cannot bring their “barong- barong”, the wise cannot bring their medals and the stupid cannot bring their failures. The only thing that can give us eternal life is how we have lived and fulfilled our duties.

CREATED BY:

Catameo, Juan Carlo

De Villeres, Marc Phillipe

Dolot, Hannah Ruth

Fernandez, Charles Kevin

Nebre, Francis Albert

Raguindin, Ronan Stephen