MARCH WITH MONEY – 23

Wealth, money, possessions have a very short shelf life, even though they can give us material comforts, and can make life easy. The material comforts, and a sense of ‘safety’ and ‘security,’ makes us strive hard, and for many, all their lives, to acquire wealth, and sustain it.

Money by itself is not wrong or bad. It is what we make out of it, that defines the good or bad of it – “10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.” – 1 Timothy 6:10

It is good for us to know that, just because one has money, it doesn’t make that person happy or at peace. This brings us to conclude that “money can buy us a bed, but not our sleep” – as the famous poem goes.

The Word of God, which has such immense wealth in its pages, gives us sound financial advise. Proverbs 23:4-5 says, “4 Do not toil to acquire wealth; be discerning enough to desist. 5 When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.”
“10 He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity.” – Ecclesiastes 5:10

However, it is worth noting that, “6 …godliness with contentment is great gain, 7 for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world. 8 But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content. 9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.” – 1 Timothy 6:6-10

Let us, therefore, realise the futility of riches, and its inability truly help us with issues that are plaguing us. Let us learn to place money in its rightful place, and put God in His rightful place. It is God our Creator, who will stand with us, at all times. Money, and the dependency on it, for our safety and security, is a false idea, and one which will never truly be of any help. May the LORD help us.