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Greedy For Money
By Money Sick | November 15, 2007
Are you greedy for money? The love of money can be a cause of all kinds of ‘injurious things’. Paul warns,”The love of money is a root of all sorts of injurious things, and by reaching out for this love some have been led astray from the faith and have stabbed themselves all over with many pains.” (1 Timonthy 6:10)
Christians who begin to love money are vulnerable to all kinds of problems, the worst of which is that of straying from the faith. This truth is reinforced by what Paul said to the Christians in Colossae,”Deaden, therefore, your body members that are upon the earth as respects… hurtful desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.” (Colossians 3:5)
How may covetousness, greed, or “love of money” amount to idolatry? Does this mean that it is wrong to want a bigger house, a newer car, a more profitable job? No, none of these things are evil in themselves. The question is: What is the heart attitude that makes one want any of these things, and are they really necessary?
The difference between normal desire and greed might be likened to the difference between the small campfire that cooks food and the blazing inferno that consumes a forest. Wholesome and well-placed desire can be constructive. It motivates us to work and to be productive. Proverbs 16:26 says,”The soul of the hard worker has worked hard for him, because his mouth has pressed him hard.” But greed is dangerous and destructive. It is desire out of control.
To be greedy for something in reality means that we surrender our will to it, in effect, we make it our master, our god, the thing we serve. In contrast, God insists,”You must not have any other gods against my face.” ~Exodus 20:3
Greed amounts to turning away from God. Our being greedy also indicates that we do not trust that God will follow through on his promise to supply what we need (Matthew 6:33). Jesus also gave a direct warning against greed. He commanded us to guard against longing for something that we do not have. Greed is based on the foolish belief that what matters in life is how much one has. It may be money, status, power, or related things. It is possible to be greedy for anything that can be acquired. According to the bible and human experience, only God can and will, satisfy our real needs. ~ Luke12:22-31
In my life, from the people around me, I have seen and learned that greed can really cause a lot of misery and ‘injuries’ to our life and those people living with us. Because of love of money and greed, many people are not satisfy with what they earn and what they have. They want more and more — they want wealth, to be rich, to be millionaires, billionaires as soon as possible. The result of many people are debts, bankruptcies and broken families. Others include theft, suicide and so on. We should be content with what we have. No doubt money is necessary for daily survival, there is no need to be greedy — Guard against Greed.
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November 18th, 2007 at 10:46 pm
[...] Those were more peaceful days. Today, more people are educated, more people are earning money and human’s greed has resulted in more changes now than ever. School system changed, everything undergo renovation [...]
May 7th, 2008 at 10:38 am
[...] it is all because of human greed, corruption and lies that people tells — The father of all lies, [...]
May 21st, 2009 at 4:19 am
Yup MONEY IS EVIL!!! It’s a god to some people.