Monday September 29th, 2025
« For the love of money [that is, the greedy desire for it and the willingness to gain it unethically] is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves [through and through] with many sorrows »
15 Then Jesus said, “Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own.”
16 Then He told them a story: “A rich man had a fertile farm that produced fine crops.
17 He said to himself, ‘What should I do? I don’t have room for all my crops.’
18 Then he said, ‘I know! I’ll tear down my barns and build bigger ones. Then I’ll have room enough to store all my wheat and other goods.
19 And I’ll sit back and say to myself, “My friend, you have enough stored away for years to come. Now take it easy! Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool! You will die this very night. Then who will get everything you worked for?’
21 “Yes, a person is a fool to store up earthly wealth but not have a rich relationship with God.”
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In the next few days, we will be discussing the different seasons of life.
This is one very important series that you should not take lightly. I would like you to keep every season in mind to help you get a good grasp of the entire message.
- The first season of a person’s life is when he or she is still young and desires material possessions.
When a child is born, without being taught, he or she tightly grips anything placed in his or her hand and, should the item fall, would cry to get it back.
That is the first season of life – when the individual just wants to acquire.
It is in this season that many people get certificates so that they can get high-paying jobs.
Everything that a person does during this season is usually geared towards becoming rich.
Unfortunately, it is in this season that many people are lured by the devil into illegal and immoral activities to get money.
When you check the people who have been proven to engage in ‘yahoo yahoo’ (cybercrime), or ladies selling their bodies for money, even those who kidnap and rob, you would find that they are usually young people.
If you are young and don’t have an inordinate ambition to be rich, then you will be safe from the lures of the devil.
Though it is good to be rich, you should not pursue wealth at the expense of your soul.
After chasing money for so long, the young individual will at some point look around and see that even money does not satisfy, Ecclesiastes 5:10.
He or she would realise the truth in the Scripture in Luke 12:15GNT which says
« And He went on to say to them all, “Watch out and guard yourselves from every kind of greed; because your true life is not made up of the things you own, no matter how rich you may be »
Many years ago, whenever I visited America and Pastor Stephen Rathod picked me up, the first thing I used to ask him, after exchanging greetings, was, “Where are they having sales?” It was very important to me to buy things in America during the sales period. Years later, when I visited the US again, he was surprised I didn’t ask to be shown where I could buy things on sales. I told him that time had passed. I had realised that those things didn’t really matter. I was now after more important things.
Application – The love of money is the root of all evil.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Posted by Naomie Joseph
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