Life is rather like a game of monopoly. The little silver pieces represent people repeatedly circling the board seeking to amass wealth and property. In times of prosperity, which are really only determined by the randomness executed by the roll of the dice...they buy what they can, seeking solace in the acquisition of material things. But what about the times of drought? It can be painful to lose the things we have acquired especially if we have somehow made wealth the guardian of our sense of worth.

In a game of monopoly, the goal may be to acquire a large stack of fake money and to collect little colored plastic houses, but in real life the only thing of value is the “get out of jail free card”. God has offered us this card and Jesus has purchased it on our behalf. All we need to do is accept it. And we would be exceedingly wise to do so, for without it life amounts only to a stack of paper money and little plastic houses, subject to gain or loss by a random throw of the dice.