Daily devotion – Tuesday 25th May 2021
What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? – Mark 8:36
The Bible does not condemn money or material possessions. Money and possessions can do great good, when they are used wisely and kept under the stewardship of the Lord.
Some of the great people of the Bible were very rich in fact. Abraham, Isaac and Solomon were perhaps the riches men of their day.
God’s quarrel is not with material goods but with material gods. Materialism has become the god of too many Australians. Our material possessions are elevated to the central place in our lives, and we give them the attention only God deserves.
The Bible teaches that preoccupation with material possessions is a form of idolatry. And God hates idolatry. It poisons every other phase of our lives, including our family life.
The problem, the Bible says, is not with money itself, but with our love of money: “The Love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.” – 1 Timothy 6:10.
Today, don’t let money, or anything else, take God’s rightful place in your life.