We are living in an entitlement society where many people want everything for nothing, especially young people who are currently educated in our colleges and universities. They are consistently brainwashed in extreme socialism where they think they should get everything free without working for it. They want free education, free housing, free health care etc. They don’t even use their brains to think where the money would come from.
I believe we should live with an attitude of expectation that God is going to do good things. That’s the meaning of hope and hope is a biblical attitude. But when things cost money, we should always be prepared to pay our share of it. This is a biblical principle .
When the children of Israel passed through the land of Seir, God told them to make sure they paid for anything they ate or drank.
Deuteronomy 2:6: “Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.”
The same happened when they passed through the land of the Moabites. When they came to the land of Sihon, Moses told King Heshbon: “Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat, and give me water for money that I may drink” (Deuteronomy 2:28). They were ready to take responsibility for what they used.
God gives us a biblical principle for everything in life. We should always seek to pay for what we need, for what we eat and drank, and for what we use. If we break something that belongs to someone else, we should replace it. If we lose something that belongs to someone else, we should replace it. If we are invited to eat with a family for dinner, we should bring something toward the meal.
I am always challenged by the example of David when he wanted to purchase the threshing floor of Aruunah in order to build an altar to the Lord. Araunah offered it freely to David: “Take the threshing floor. And look, here are oxen for you to use. And here are the threshing instruments. Use them all freely.”
What did David answer? “I will surely buy it of thee AT A PRICE: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that WHICH DOES COST ME NOTHING. So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver” (2 Samuel 24:21-24).
Let’s not be those who take everything for granted. Away with entitlement mentality.
Blessings to you today from Nancy Campbell