"GREED"

"Then He said to them, "Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even when one has an abundance does his life consist of his possessions." Luke 12:15 (NASB)

How will we ever be satisfied or fulfilled when we never seem to have enough? Not just things and money either. Not enough time, energy, peace, happiness, hope, love, support, affirmation, respect, etc. etc. I could go on and on. I know what my three are. How about you? We want more because we are selfish, self-focused, and self-indulged. Our expectations for self-fulfillment and satisfaction leave us wanting and needy. We who have so much want more and more. There is never enough. We live in a world where three things are primarily stealing our joy and we pretend we don’t see it.

“The World” as the Bible refers to it, meaning man-made systems and stuff and what the devil prioritizes for us, is getting the upper hand and leverage. Many forms of greed feed our hungry passions with shallow solutions for much deeper needs that go unmet, driving our expectations higher and ever more unattainable. Ponder these three statements and consider how they feed greed.

1. Power and politics are more important than people.
2. The secular is squeezing out the sacred.
3. We are too easily seduced and influenced by this world.

Beware, be on guard, and don’t be fooled.

In His service,
Pastor Fred

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