It surprises some people that the Bible says so much about money.  It is one of the common threads that shows up over and over.  Why?  Because money plays such an important part in the life of most of us.  It can do great good.  It can motivate acts of cruelty.  It can pervert justice.  It has great power.  And as we’ve noted it reveals things about us that can be hidden otherwise.

Jesus talked about this.  He told his listeners that what they treasured would reveal their heart.  Spend a lot of money on something and it will take up more and more of your attention and rise in your system of values.  Put a lot of value on something and you will spend more and more to protect it, improve it, add to it, enjoy it.

The Bible doesn’t condemn money and it’s use, but it does remind us that it doesn’t last.  Not even the benefits it gives us will last.  One day we will leave our treasure and our treasured things behind.  What will you have left?

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