Monday, April 17, 2017

Man and Mammon

Man and Mammon

When Alexander the great was dying, he told his generals at death bed.

When you take my funeral procession make sure you leave both my hands out of the coffin.
Let people see that though I conquered the world I am not taking anything.

"Empty handed i came to earth,
Empty handed i am Leaving the Earth."

The Holy Bible says

"But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. 
But if we have food and clothing, 
we will be content with that."
- 1 Timothy 6:6‭-‬8

In the current world one of the biggest scheme of devil is to trap man in the pursuit of money.

Nowhere they understand how much ever they earn, they cannot take anything with them when they die.

1Tim 6:10
Love of money is the root of evil.

It's not money itself the evil.
But the love of money.

There are many godly people and Enterprise who handle money the way God want it to be handled. And honor God.

For example - 
Chick-fil-Ais a big hotel franchise in united States. (Like KFC). Their owners are devout Christians and they shut their shops on Sundays (the day where they can get Max profit).

They let go of their profit so they and their employees can worship God and spent time with their families. They have been content with their profits from other six days.

Many people go through stress and sorrow in pursuit of money. How much ever they earn they are not satisfied.

Holy Bible teaches that godliness with contentment is a great gain.

Those who have godliness and contentment in life.
They have peace in their life.

They are not worried or jealous about others blessings. But they are happy and praise God for blessings in others life.

When we understand that
" we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it."

Let's not waste our lives in pursuit of riches which vanishes with this world.
If God brings riches as we are faithful in whatever we do. So be it. But let's not Chase that which is vanishing.
But whatever we do let's do it according to the will of God.

Let's Chase that which is eternal.

Let's be humble and use our lives,
our time and effort in pursuit of
things that have eternal significance.