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Ecclesiastes 5.10 (NIV)
Whoever loves money never
has money enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income.
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| When we make something other than God an absolute priority – even something good – we have made an idol.* |
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Not everyone
who is wealthy got that way because he loves money. Some people inherit, some
are good at something that pays well, some are just lucky. But the man who
seeks after money for its own sake – a collector, if you will – never has
enough. For some, the more they get, the
more they love it. I’ve also heard that no one is more obsessed with money than
someone who doesn’t have it. Poverty and prosperity each comes with its own set
of temptations.
I have read that 15 percent of everything Jesus said relates to
money and possessions – supposedly more than his teaching on heaven and hell
combined.* But Jesus doesn’t condemn the possession of money. Many rich
people touched his life and were members of the church.
Solomon, the richest man of the ancient world, reveals that his wealth had brought him “no satisfaction, but only more responsibility, more anxiety and sleeplessness.”* Wise Solomon should have known that “[l]ooking after your personal interests is proper life management. Doing so to the exclusion of the rest of the world is selfishness.”* |
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| Our use of material resources will reflect our commitment to God, and the extent to which our hearts are set on HIS kingdom and righteousness.* |
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