April 10, 2024
Greed is the relentless desire for more for yourself. Much has been written about it, and personal illustrations abound. We need to look no further than our own hearts. But we cannot be too aware. Greed is everywhere, and it is deadly.
MULTIPLE FORMS
Jesus warned about greed’s dangers often, for he knew that it is one of the enemy’s primary tools to divert us from simple, pure devotion to God. It is a god that we can run to quickly to find temporary pleasure, and our world is overabundant in its advertisement.
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)
Every form. Here are 15 thoughts about greed from Luke 12 from the One who made the world and holds it in His hands. He is the One who also made you and knows exactly what you need to live the fullest life imaginable.
Read those sentences from Christ repeatedly for a week. The man who has embraced Christ’s understanding of greed and lives accordingly will open a treasure that will never be exhausted and live with a peace that cannot be bought.
January 17, 2025
The one who does what invites the presence of God into the situation has the ultimate reward.
January 16, 2025
Everything in your life and your future depends upon where you place the Lord. Notice the Psalmist David indicateD it is our deliberate choice and no one else’s. No one can do this for you. “I have SET … I PLACE the Lord in front of me.”
January 15, 2025
Imagine a child created by God and for whom He had sent His only begotten Son to redeem and His Spirit to indwell. And then imagine that child ignoring Him, never communing, never praying, never listening, never obeying. And then realize how an attentive, unceasing life of prayer would delight the heart of the Father who made you.