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“They that use the world, as not disposing of it as their own; for the fashion of this world passes” (1 Corinthians 7:31 JND).
You and I are left in this world for a short time, until the Lord takes us home to be with Him. While we are here, we need to get a certain amount of education, to work to earn a living, and to manage our affairs in an orderly way. In that sense, we are entitled to use the things in this world. However, we are also to recognize that those things do not belong to us. We are to use them for God’s glory, and not simply to indulge ourselves.
However, there is another reason why we should not use the things of this world as if they were ours. The “fashion of this world passes.” Nothing here is permanent, and we must leave it all behind someday. The Lord would have us to use the things of this world to further His interests, but to hold them lightly. He wants us to focus on those things which are eternal—things that will never pass away!
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