In their greediness

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. - 1 Timothy 6v10

This must be an area that I need to deal with. It just keeps popping up in my devotions.

Jesus told us back in the gospels that we can’t serve God and money. It is impossible, it simple can’t be done. Through the rest of the New Testament we are reminded of the same truth. The quickest way to destroy a walk of faith is to continue to have a love for money.

Greediness can often be the cause of straying from a walk of faith. I think it is interesting that Paul uses the word. ‘strayed’ here. It doesn’t look like it is a headlong rush or a momentary decision. It appears that it is a gradual drifting away instead. We start out all dedicated to service and walking by faith, but the allure of stuff excites our greediness and we gradually drift away.

Sadly, at the end of the day, the result will not be what we hoped for. Paul says that those who have strayed away from their walk of faith because of greediness have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Loving money and the stuff it buys will bring many temporal pleasures, but will it be worth it all when we see what we might have done by walking in faith?