Lent is a time for spiritual renewal. This happens as we grow in faith from hearing God’s Word. Growing in faith always has the result of leading us to turn from the world for comfort to Jesus and his love. Martin Luther’s comments on Psalm 62:10 (“Though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them”) remind us to use our gifts as God intends so that our faith remains firmly planted in Christ.

"Even if riches were to come to you in a rightful way, from God, do not rely on them and make mammon your God; for possessions are not given that we may rely on them and glory in them, which is futile and foolish, but that we may use and enjoy them and share them with others. . . . Our possessions should be in our hands, not in our hearts." Thus Saint Paul tells the Corinthians (1 Cor. 7:31) that we should use the world as though we used it not.

 

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