1 Nov 2007

1 John 2:
15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world. 17 And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.

Everyone needs to work and that translates to food and a shelter over our head.
But materials things get more, we need a car for transport, computer games, communications, travel, hobbies, power and status.

Surprising, these things cannot last. Food gets rotten, car get rusty, power and status pass off as you age. BUT money, which orginal use to facilitate transaction get physical. Now you feel them in notes and in coins and in numbers that appear in your bank account. As if money cannot last, now they are like commodities, and create a desire to have them.

Money, however are meant to facilitate materials needs and fuilfiment of dreams for the higher intent of our own personal achievement or that of a Godly purposes. Having money is OK, but if money is horde to statisfy a desire - a desire for the flesh (good to feel them, a desire for the eyes, - good to have the numbers in our account and a desire in prides - I have them. These all fall short and 1 John 2 says - If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

I have to caution myself. I pray, even as I am reminded and reminded again about having them - not for a Godly intent, but fall into a desire to have them for the pleasures of the flesh, the eyes and pride.

Let me not be so rich that I forget you and let me not be poor that I do worng things against your name.