However,
it’s a fleeting security. I am only one disaster away from losing it all.
But,
I am not worried, nor am I fretting. God has rescued me from financial catastrophes,
health crises, and other troubles when there didn’t seem to be a way. Why should He
stop now? It is Him I need to trust, not a savings account. Yet, it could be easy to fixate on that number,
coveting it above all other things.
People
often misquote St. Paul. He did not say money is the root of all evil. In 1 Timothy
6:10 he states, “For the desire of
money is the root of all evils; which some coveting have erred from the faith
and have entangled themselves in many sorrows.”
Psalm
48:7,8,11-12 continues with this: “They that trust in their own strength and
glory in the multitude of their riches, no -brother can redeem... And they
shall leave their riches to strangers...”
I want to be a good steward of the abundance God has blessed me with, but I will not become attached to it, at least I am praying I don’t. I need to trust The Provider and not that which He provided. It is an object no one should worship, hoard, or covet. Those are the sins of wealth St. Paul warns against.
Diamonds
are not a girl’s best friend. God is.
