THURSDAY May 15, 2025

The Love of Money

But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
1 Timothy 6:9-10

Paul gave solid advice to those in this world who desire to be rich. Honestly, there is nothing wrong with being blessed with riches. The problem exists when those riches possess a person! When a person’s priority is to gain more and more money, their focus in life is not right.

You see, money in itself is not evil; it is the love of money that is evil. When people fall in love with money, and not God, then that potentially becomes a root of all kinds of evil. How many people have you heard about on the news who have committed fraud, blatantly stolen, or embezzled funds in an attempt to gain more and more? They end up in jail for many years.

Some rich people become so greedy. They want to keep all their hoards of money in the bank for themselves. They do not see the needs around them to give and to bless others. Why not invest in the Kingdom of God? What about giving to the church so the Gospel can be preached to the uttermost places of the world? Seriously, the warning to the rich is simple: Those who have strayed from the faith in their greediness have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

I personally would not want to be a millionaire or a billionaire. Imagine all the headaches in overseeing that amount of money! Their lives must be so consumed with all the concerns they have about their finances. I have seen that wealthy people tend to want to buy more things––a better car, a better house, a better yacht, and the list goes on. Why not take to heart the truth of Hebrews 13:5 NLT: Don’t love money; be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, “I will never fail you. I will never abandon you.” Rich or not, why not let God be your all in all.

Money is really worth no more than as it can be used to accomplish the Lord’s work. Life is worth as much as it is spent for the Lord’s service.
~George Muller~

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