Sunday Highlights
So after three weeks I don’t think I’m going to get a pass any week of this series. It appears that I wrestle with all the idols thus far [sigh].
The Illusion of Money by Pete Wilson
No one thinks money is an idol in their lives.
Luke 12:13-15
Greed comes in so many different forms, in so many different ways, appealing to so many different desires that we don’t even know it’s there.
Rate yourself from 1 to 10 on the following. 1 = not true of me, 10 = very true of me:
- The statement “There is no money in the bank” creates more anxiety in me than the statement “There is no God.”
- Does your fear of not having enough often impede your desire to be generous?
- You have money in the bank but no peace in your heart.
- I often struggle with doing the right thing because I know it’s going to cost me financially.
- I find myself saying, “If I had this much then I would be satisfied.”
- I spend more time thinking about what I do not have than I spend thanking God for what I do have.
Greed is not only the love of money but the excessive anxiety over it.
Illusion 1: More money will give me more security.
I Timothy 6:17
Proverbs 18:11
Illusion 2: More money will give me more peace.
Ecclesiastes 5:10
There are few things in life that we worry about more than money.
Luke 12:16-21
Illusion 3: More money will make me more generous.
Statistics prove that lower income people give a higher percentage of their income away.
Matthew 6:24
To break the cycle of “get, get, get” you have to “give, give, give”.
How are you going to fight back against this idol this week?
