"Do not wear yourself out trying to be rich. Be wise enough to know when to quit. In the blink of an eye WEALTH DISAPPEARS, for it will sprout wings and fly away, like an eagle."
Is it you desire to be rich? How much wealth and money would be enough for you? What price are you willing to pay to accumulate wealth and riches? It is not uncommon for rich people to have to sacrifice something in return for their wealth. They may sacrifice their health, or their family, or their social or sexual lives. It can definitely affect their spiritual life, in that they may have to act in a way that is immoral or unpleasing to God. The Word tells us that to gain the entire world and lose our eternal soul is taking the wrong path, that leads to separation from God and eternal death. So at what price are you willing to wear yourself out trying to be rich?Are you wise enough to know when to quit trying to accumulate wealth and yearn for God?
Once you are rich. what are you willing to do to keep it? Are you going to be jealous and covetous of others and in essence greedy? The One Truth Today also warns us that wealth like fame is fleeting. Your wealth can disappear in the twinkling of an eye. Ask all those who lost their 401 k savings recently. Ask those who lost their jobs and their homes and wealth in this past recession. We spend such a short time here on earth and we can spend it trying to accumulate wealth that we never really own or storing up treasures for heaven. Remember we came into this life with nothing and we will leave it with nothing. All you have accumulated will be going to others. So what is the relevance of becoming rich? WEALTH DISAPPEARS!
God is trying to warn us not to wear ourselves out trying to become rich. Most particularly God is cautioning us to know when to quit accumulating wealth at the expense of our lives and at God's expense. The Lord will supply all or our needs and all that we have really belongs to Him in the first place. Like God, giving is better than receiving in our own lives and we need to avoid being greedy and covetous. Everyone knows the story of a rich family that lost everything, like Job. What was the conclusion of Job? "The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away, blessed be the name of the Lord"! How about you, when it comes to getting rich, do you KNOW WHEN TO QUIT!
