George Best was a wonderful footballer, and it could be said he had it all, but the general opinion was that he never fulfilled his potential. He was asked by someone ,''where did it all go wrong?'', he laughed at that question, but there was certain truth to it, you see he was an alcoholic , the answer could have been when he took his first drink. Why did he need alcohol?, he had fame and fortune, and sad to say his addiction cost him his life. It is King Solomon who had everything, and tried everything, yet saw everything as pointless and meaningless. Read the life stories of famous movie stars, one of the most famous was Errol Flynn, a wonderful actor, he wrote his autobiography, the title was called,' My Wicked, Wicked Ways'. Someone wrote of that book and its contents,' I've never read anyone wallow so much in their own evil'. No matter how high people rise in fame and fortune, for so many it only emphasizes the emptiness of life, like Solomon it is all pointless and meaningless. And often they loose a sense of what is right and what is wrong ,and when that happens disaster follows. A well known minister told how he dealt with many rich and so called successful people, and he said ,''not one came in with a smile''. Never envy anybody ,be they a billionaire, or a millionaire, or those with fortune and fame. Don't envy anybody for what they have, for most of them don't know or don't want to know what the greatest treasure in life is, to know Christ as ones Saviour.
I'd rather have Jesus than silver and gold,
I'd rather be His than have riches untold;
I'd rather have Jesus than houses or land,
I'd rather be led by led by His nail -pierced hand.
Than to be a king of a vast domain
And be held in sin's dread sway;
I'd rather have Jesus than anything
This world affords today/ ( Words by Miler )
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