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Don't Trust Money

Life will have its issues and money is not the solution. Most of the time we think that if we only had the money then everything will be okay. But that is hardly the case. Trusting in money is like putting your hopes on weak foundation, it will cave in. Believing that your money will carry you through will just lead you to wrong priorities and can even lead to self destruction.


Money is a utility we use and we have need of it. But life is not about getting all the money so you can live happily ever after. No, life is not at all like that. The fact is, money will NOT always be there. No matter how hard you wish for money to always be there, it will not always be there. That's why you cannot trust money. Even the banks run out of money. The ATM machines run out of money. Financial institutions can collapse!

Don't count on your money. Don't lean on it. Some people have fallen into the deception that money is all they need and so they steal, they plunder, they rob, and swindle. The most successful robbers don't need to go to the counter and point a gun. They have more sophisticated means.

The truth of the matter is, whether you have the money or not, the issues of life will always be there. It's because God has created us to be contingent on Him. He created us for Himself, to be in relationship with Him, to be one with Him, and not for us to be consumed together with all the temporary pleasures that we can experience in this temporary life.

When life gets tough, what we need is the enabling grace of God to see us through the hard times, and He will.

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