Sunday, April 15, 2018


April 14, Saturday

“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.” (1Timothy 6:10 NKJV)



            How many times have you heard that money is the root of all evil?  We want to put the blame on an inanimate object rather than on ourselves.  Like Adam and Eve we want to pass on the blame to either someone or something else.

            Paul puts the blame where it belongs – on us!  It is not money but it is our love for money that outweighs our love for God.  To love anything more than God is to make it an idol and worship it rather than God.

            Though we may struggle against idols for all of life the best option is to struggle because the other option is to give into it!  Then we are left worshipping something that will not only not fulfill us but in the end let us down.  In truth our idol will destroy us in this life and in eternity.

            Paul says that our love for money makes us greedy and in the end that will cause us to stray for the faith.  Greed can cause us to trade a loving and creating God for something that was created!  We celebrate the creation rather than the Creator!

            Listen to the warning from God which says they will have “pierced themselves through with many sorrows.”  We trade off the God who was pierced for our sorrows to being pierced by our sorrows!  Where Jesus paid for our sorrows and sin we trade it for adding to the bill of our sorrows.

            Will you follow Jesus who was pierced for your sorrows or will you be pierced for your sorrows?  Will you trade the Creator for the creation?  Just how much is your eternal soul worth to you?

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