The road to hell is paved with “there’s nothing wrong with…”
How many times have you heard that?
Countless.
How many times have you heard “desire nothing besides God”?
Maybe a few.
Take the narrow road.
“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.”
— Matthew 7:13-14
They say, “There’s nothing wrong with money, it’s the love of money…”
Why then does Jesus refer to money as “unrighteous” mammon in Luke 16:9 and 11?
Why then does Peter refer to money as “filthy lucre” in 1 Peter 5:2?
Why then does Jesus warn us against the “deceitfulness of riches” in Matthew 13:22 and Mark 4:19?
Whatever we set our hearts on moves it.
“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
— Luke 12:34
Money is not inert.
Money is part of a system. It’s currency.
Money pushes and pulls. When we set our eyes on money (or anything else) to desire it, we fall into the bondage of sin.
Does this mean we can’t or shouldn’t have money?
I can have anything, I just can’t want it.
THAT is why money is described as unrighteous, so that I maintain a healthy suspicion of it and avoid its allure.
It’s a lure.
“All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.”
— 1 Corinthians 6:12
The real battle is desire.
Desire God alone and resist giving other things power over you.
I couldn’t have understood this just five years ago, because on some level, I believed that God was the means to achieve goodness and abundance.
But that is the lie.
God is everything good. There is nothing desirable beyond Him.
He IS all that I desire. (Psalm 73:25)
Everything else is a deception and leads to destruction. (James 1:16-17)
Jesus said the greatest commandment is,
“And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.”
— Mark 12:30
Ask, seek and knock for a heart that desires God alone.
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