{"id":3658,"date":"2021-04-22T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/?p=3658"},"modified":"2021-04-07T05:58:14","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T10:58:14","slug":"why-chasing-after-riches-will-make-you-tired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2021\/04\/22\/why-chasing-after-riches-will-make-you-tired\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Chasing after Riches Will Make You Tired"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Daily Reading: <\/strong>Joshua 11-12 GW<\/a>; Psalms 149 GW<\/a>; Proverbs 23 GW<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

More money means more problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn contentment instead of chasing after riches.  Money is a nasty god.  If you\u2019re worshipping the almighty dollar, you\u2019ll never find satisfaction.  Someone will always have a nicer car, bigger house, and larger paycheck.  The more money you have, the more you have to manage.  Not one dime will enter into the next life with you, but it will rob you of your life here on earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People on their death beds don\u2019t wish they\u2019d worked more hours or had more money.  Richard B. Mellon<\/a>, multimillionaire, president of Alcoa<\/a>\u2019s last words<\/a> reflect what is truly important: \u201cLast tag.\u201d<\/em>  Mellon and his brother, Andrew, had an ongoing game of tag all their lives.  On his deathbed, he didn\u2019t talk about money.  No, he tagged his brother \u201cIt\u201d one last time. If you\u2019re going to expend energy, use it wisely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stop the madness.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Choose today to stop chasing money.  As long as you have enough, you don\u2019t need more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKeep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread.<\/em> <\/em><\/strong>Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, \u2018Who is the Lord?\u2019 Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.\u201d (<\/em>Proverbs 30:8-9 NIV<\/em><\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Money tempts you to disown God.\u00a0 Too much wealth tricks you into believing you don\u2019t need God.\u00a0 Not enough cash causes you to steal, dishonoring God.\u00a0 All you need is enough, not too much, not too little.\u00a0 Becoming satisfied with enough will help you live life to the fullest.\u00a0 Enjoying the bounty God gives you is far more satisfactory than chasing after riches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t exhaust yourself trying to get more.  Learn to enjoy what you already have.  Invest your time in people, not money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lord, thank You for providing enough for us.  Living in America, we have plenty.  Forgive us for wasting our time and energy trying to create more wealth for ourselves.  Help us learn contentment.  Your provision is enough; we don\u2019t need more than what You give.  Help us cherish what we already have, not yearning for what we don\u2019t need.  Today, let us expend our energy on loving You, loving others.  In You, we can do all things.  IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Question for reflection<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are you worshipping God or money?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2 minue read. Daily Reading: Joshua 11-12 GW; Psalms 149 GW; Proverbs 23 GW More money means more problems. Learn contentment instead of chasing after riches.  Money is a nasty god.  If you\u2019re worshipping the almighty dollar, you\u2019ll never find satisfaction.  Someone will always have a nicer car, bigger house, and larger paycheck.  The more… Continue reading Why Chasing after Riches Will Make You Tired<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3658"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3662,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3658\/revisions\/3662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}