Read Proverbs Chapter 28.
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\u201cA greedy person stirs up conflict, but whoever trust in the Lord will prosper.\u201d Proverbs 28:25 CSB
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Greed is something that can trap the best of us. My husband and I watched the movie \u201cTriple Frontier\u201d on Netflix. It\u2019s an action packed adventure movie about a group of buddies who served in the elite forces in the military. All upstanding men who had had good careers looking for one last adventure. I don\u2019t want to give away the movie, but it involves making millions of dollars if successful.
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They make their plan, just as in days of old when they were serving their country. They timed everything perfectly. There was one slight difference in this mission versus the others they had completed, no one was watching. They were on their own. The only ones they had to report too were each other. As the movie unfolds, everything is going according to plan. They find the money and it\u2019s more than they could ever imagine. It\u2019s more than they can possibly take with them. They begin the laborious job of loading up bags full of cash, stacks of $100 bills.
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That\u2019s when greed shows it\u2019s ugly face. There is one pivotal moment when they have run out of time, and need to leave. But they can\u2019t get enough. They just want one more bag. Just a few more minutes. That decision changes the course of the movie. Greed changes the course of the mission; conflict has arrived.
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Wouldn\u2019t we all be tempted to fill one more bag? Wouldn\u2019t we all risk five more minutes if it meant another million dollars? They already had a van full of money that would of supported them the rest of their lives, but they needed just one more.
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Greed comes in the form of just one more. \u00a0One more bite of food. One more pair of shoes. \u00a0One more drink. Just one more. True prosperity comes only one way, through the Lord. \u00a0Prosperity isn\u2019t who has the most toys, it is who trusts in the Lord, for everything. All we have, all we will have comes from the Lord. \u00a0He gives us the air we breathe, the food we eat, the money we spend.
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We don\u2019t need just one more, we just need God.
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