Moment of Meditation: Love of Money (1 Timothy 6:9-10)
But people who want to get rich keep toppling into temptation
and are trapped by many stupid and harmful desires
that plunge them into destruction and ruin.
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.
Some people, in their eagerness to get rich,
have wandered away from the faith and caused themselves a lot of pain.
(1 Timothy 6:9-10 ISV)
St. Paul spends the end of his first epistle to Timothy talking about money. He encourages Timothy to teach his people not to develop a love of money. A love for the things of this world that leads into temptation. Those who want to get rich keep toppling into temptation. They are trapped by their desires to grab more and more so that they begin to believe that it's okay to do anything to get it. They will sell themselves, body and soul, for the sake of earning a few extra dollars. Throwing away much for the sake of a little.
Gordon Gekko proclaims in the movie Wall Street, "Greed is good." Greed makes everything seem right. As long as I get what I want and no one gets hurt, it doesn't really matter. Greed--the love of money--bears many children. Children that are even greater sins that cause a lot of pain and cause them to wander away from the faith. Wandering away from the faith, they plunge into their own destruction and ruin.
Don't take the plunge! Be content with what you have. Don't topple into greed's temptation. Greed is not good. Greed just brings more sorrow to your life. Contentment brings happiness. Amen.
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