Eccles. 5:10-12
Seems like a great passage to consider at this time of year. Enough said.
10 He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity. 11 When goods increase, they increase who eat them, and what advantage has their owner but to see them with his eyes? 12 Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich will not let him sleep.
- When has this passage been realized in your life?
- When have you wanted just a bit more income?
- How soon afterwards did you want just a bit more income? - Compare the amount of money "left over" at your first job to what is "left over" now?
- What consumes your income? - Why is love of money and abundance so dangerous spiritually?
- Why is love of money and abundance a waste of time?
- What things do you have that are valuable only to look at?
- What wonderful, "gotta have it" things are setting in your garage, attic, basement, etc.? - Why do riches cause loss of sleep?
- What else might be involved beyond eating too much?
- What does a rich person worry about that the working man does not?
- How does the life of the working man encourage sleep?
- How does the life of the rich man interfere with sleep? - How do you rate yourself as a lover of money and abundance?
- How would others rate you as a lover of money and abundance?
- How would God rate you as a lover of money and abundance?
Seems like a great passage to consider at this time of year. Enough said.
1 comment:
When the subject of money is being discussed, I always think of Baseball's Yogi Bera. He is quoted as having said, "A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore." I wonder if his prophecy is correct? Doesn't have a lot to add to the subject for today, but it is cute. Thanks Harold for the lesson today. At this time of year, materialism (or Satan) is trying diligently to separate us from God.
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