“Money is the root of all evil” and then there’s “The love
for money is the root of all evil.” I’ve
heard these statements for as long as I live.
Many of us have been familiar of these two sayings and have our own
understanding of it. I think these maxims
have been misconstrued, especially by Church leader and the self-proclaimed
religious.
The common belief here is when one strives to earn or
prosper himself he is materialistic, proud and greedy. But then Paul says in 2 Thessalonians 3:10 “For even when we were with you, we would
give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.”
And God speaking directly to Isaiah says “If you will only obey me, you will have
plenty to eat.” ~ Isaiah 1:19
I believe that God do have hang ups on our gaining abundance
and prospering. We do, it how we look at
things and maybe what our peers do with their richness. Our purpose on gaining wealth leads to who we
become and what we become.
As far as I know in any culture, parents, especially the
fathers are the supposed providers as dictated society and norm. If a parent does not work and bring food in
the table, what do we deem of them? This
has been the structure of families for a long time that many if not all father
or heads of the family already work to provide out of love.
If a father works hard so he can feed his family and save
for his children’s future and his retirement, is that wrong? If he decides to work harder find more income
streams because he is bread winner and want his family comfortable, then doesn't that make him a laudable father?
Then again there are those are consumed by the wanting to be
rich and not the purpose of being rich. There are those who forget the reason
and there are some who have a crooked one.
That is why Jesus taught how to temper our greed with love
even in our finances. "If you wish to be complete, go and sell your
possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and
come, follow Me." ~ Matthew 19:21
Don’t store up
treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where
thieves break in and steal. Store your
treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not
break in and steal. ~ Matthew
6:19-20
When are generous and charitable then we are using our
treasures for good and if we have this keen want to earn more because we want
to give more, I do not see what’s so bad about that…
carpe diem... ü
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