Reflections

Do you know that Scriptures throw a very different light on wealth, in contrast to this world? For material wealth is a temporal asset.  It will come and go. 
 

Proverbs 11:28 (NIV) 28 Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf. 

Proverbs 23:4 - 5 (NIV) 4 Do not wear yourself out to get rich; have the wisdom to show restraint. 5 Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle. 
 

There will be those who race up the mountain of wealth and seem to bask in the limelight, but soon they fade away.  Even though the wealthy and famous may be admired, often their personal lives are in disarray.  Wealth does not guarantee us happiness nor peace in our hearts.  Eddy Groves with his sham of a marriage, Tiger Woods with his broken marriage. 

In fact, often wealth can create incredible stress. Those who place their hope in wealth will be greatly disappointed.