The more you have,
the more people come to help you spend it.
So what is the advantage of wealth
except perhaps to watch it run through your fingers!
A saying that I love is, “There is poverty in riches and riches in poverty.” Ecclesiastes 5:11 rings so true because the more we have, the more people come to help us consume it. Wisdom is needed to wisely choose the people with whom to expend it with. Matthew 26:7-13 gives us the best example: "During supper, a woman came in with a beautiful jar of expensive perfume and poured it over his head. The disciples were indignant when they saw this. 'What a waste of money,' they said. 'She could have sold it for a fortune and given the money to the poor.' But Jesus replied, 'Why berate her for doing such a good thing to me? You will always have the poor among you, but I will not be here with you much longer. She has poured this perfume on me to prepare my body for burial. I assure you, wherever the Good News is preached throughout the world, this woman's deed will be talked about in her memory.'" If you find yourself wondering which friends to expend your gifts with, remember that Jesus is the best friend you've ever had and that whatever you spend for God will have an eternal significance.
2 comments:
this is very true. it goes about saying that when you have money, you have many friends and leave you when you have none. usually, they don't mind how you spend your money provided that they enjoy spending this with you. so sad... that is why, it's better to give your money to the church so that it would have something to spent on God's works.
Good night and I hope this message hit home with everyone that read it as it did for me... God Blesses
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