BEWARE OF THE LOVE OF MONEY

 

Proverbs 1:8-19

BEWARE OF THE LOVE OF MONEY

    

    Verses 10-15 reveal how people are lured into the temptation to get rich quickly and this is one of the evils of the last days – the uncontrollable love for money. God says through His servant, Paul the Apostle, that those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and hurtful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction (I Timothy 6:9). The writer of the book of Proverbs speaks at the beginning of the book as a father to a son or a teacher to a pupil, a father using his experience to admonish his son.

                One of the most effective tools in the hands of the devil to lead people astray today, especially the youth, is the love of money. The devil in his deceitful and cunning ways has exposed the younger generation to ungodly quick access to wealth. This unholy access to instant wealth is devised in the pit of hell and sends promising youths into untimely graves and eternal condemnation. “For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? For what can a man give in return for his life?” Be wise! All that glitters is not gold!

PRAYER: O God of heaven and the earth, You are the giver of all good things, give me the spirit of contentment and prevent my heart from every deceit of the devil, in Jesus Name I pray. Amen