Money. [ Matthew 19 v 16-22]

Recently it was reported that a well known sports person,declared themselves bankrupt,they had earned over 20million  pounds during their career. In 1 Timothy 6 v17,we read,/Charge them that are rich in this world,that they be not high minded, nor trust in uncertain riches,but in the living God who giveth us richly all things to enjoy./ The Times news paper has published a list of the riches people in our country,seemingly London has the most millionaire's in the world.Having a lot of money is not a sin ,nor is being poor,it is placing our affections on our money,that is a great problem,[1Timothy 6 v10].A person may have a lot of money yet be a miser,because they love their money,but you do not have to be a miser to love money. We can broaden things out a bit more,what do we love?,now it is not wrong to love,but the problem is that our love can be an unbalanced love,pushing out God,eroding our relationship with Him,and even cause us to have wrong values,forgetting eternal values,to the point of forgetting that we have a soul,and my that is very ,very ,serious.In Titus 1 v11,we have the words ,/filthy lucre/,used in respect to money,many people are living of filthy money,they have ,cheated,lied,robbed,and even murdered for it. Let us all take note of where we place our affections,we may not be rich,but we can so easily,think that if we were rich all would be well, we would be secure,our security lies in God,
A  prayer...../Dear God forgive our foolishness,so often we replace You in our lives and in our hearts,with money,and things money can buy,in Jesus name,Amen /