Riches Disappear in the Blink of an Eye

“Riches disappear in the blink of an eye; wealth sprouts wings and flies off into the wild blue yonder.” (Proverbs 23:5, The Message)

How quickly can wealth disappear through any number of causes; the stock market crashes, a partner runs off with the money, medical bills escalate.  We could go on and on, but to put one's hope in wealth is to be a fool.  Why hope in what can literally be gone in a day?  

Solomon doesn't list what to hope in positively here, but it doesn't take much though to figure it out, especially since we have the New Testament.  Our hope ought to be in the power of the cross to make us new; in the efficacy of the finished work of Christ; in a renewed spirit which cannot be taken away or lost.

Wealth is temporal; Christ is eternal.