Christian Living

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3 AM this morning I awoke to a glaring neon light that read 'America, you are too Greedy!'. Where did this come from all of a sudden, out of the blue, I asked God. What does greed have to do with Armageddon, end time prophecy, or the return of our Lord?

The meaning was clear enough though, I suppose. What He is trying to tell me is that we are too greedy. Now, I know this isn't late breaking news or anything, but He does have a point. As our nation has grown (and this applies globally, I suppose)we have seen personal incomes soar to atmospheric heights, personal possessions worth a kings ransom, even churches seeing multi-million dollar salaries. We have adapted a lifestyle of 'keeping up with the Joneses' and standing in line for hours just to buy the latest and greatest, until it is out-teched in 2 months. Perhaps our greed is the source of our current economic demise. Greed is a sin, and right now it is keeping us from God in a bad way.

What is greed? And where do you cross the line from basic want to greed? Greed can disguise itself as many things. When basic desire is compounded until it becomes your driving life force, it then transforms into a tool the enemy can use against you.

Greed will compel you to actions you never thought you would take. Greed is also putting yourself first, causing your heart to harden to those in need. It is allowing your desires to become god of your life, spending money on things you don't need with money you don't have.

Greed promotes wastefulness, slothfulness, wickedness, lying, self-sufficiency, even death. God, being creator of all things, repeatedly tells us that He will provide for us, He will take care of us, He will give us the desires of our heart. If we have only faith in Him and His Son. Greed is telling God you don't need what He has to give, you can get it on your own.

To combat greed, we must simply remember where the source of all things come from. We must also remember that the things we have now won't be going with us when we depart this world for the next, all things will be renewed. Do things for others. Donate clothes, food, time, energy, whatever. To combat greed, you must give of yourself. Make purchases for your next life, build up treasures in the New Kingdom.

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