Money betrays by making erroneous promises and having dual loyalties. It seductively draws in a once-godly ambition and transforms it into a plan to make money at whatever cost. There used to be clear separation between job and home, but it dwindled due to circumstantial evidence and was eventually disregarded when there was more money to be made. Paradoxically, someone may devote their entire life to collecting wealth, only to lose their health and deplete their financial resources by having to pay for their upkeep. Judas deceived a friend in order to get money. Be wary of people who are obsessed with appearing wealthy.
How can we tell whether we've been duped by money? How can we tell whether we are being duped for gain? Money has deceived us if our lifestyle has outgrown our small resources and chained our home. Money has deceived us if we become more preoccupied with material possessions and status symbols. Furthermore, if our employer or supervisor owns us, we can already be being used for financial gain. A warning indicator to slow down, halt, and critically assess is when there is no room left for relationships, health, hobbies, emotions, family, or spirituality. The theft committed via money.
Money is our commitment to Jesus Christ's greatest rival. Some people go so far as to spiritualize their desire to become wealthy by promising that when they have amassed sufficient wealth, they will one day have a kind heart. But the capacity to give, not the amount given, determines generosity. This is why God values a widow's mite considerably more than a wealthy someone who openly tips the Lord only for attention. Yeah, generously embracing the now is the cure for money's treachery.
Through God's grace, we let go of the sinful desire to gain wealth and replace it with a commitment to Jesus and kindness toward others. As a result of knowing that we will eventually let people down, we can rest in who we are in Christ and avoid being emotionally thrown from one extreme to the other. Our main source of dread is the Lord, not what other people think, say, or do to us. In actuality, not many people really care about us. Thus, we put all else aside and live for Him. We reject money's deception and place our trust in God and His integrity instead...... Happy new month.
Ego na-ada site n'ime nkwa na-ezighị ezi na inwe ntụkwasị obi abụọ. Ọ na-adọta n'ụzọ aghụghọ n'ọchịchọ nke nsọpụrụ Chineke na-enwebu ma gbanwee ya ka ọ bụrụ atụmatụ ịkpata ego n'agbanyeghị ihe ọ ga-eri. A na-enwebu nkewa doro anya n'etiti ọrụ na ụlọ, mana ọ na-ebelata n'ihi ihe àmà dị iche iche ma mesịa leghara ya anya mgbe enwerekwu ego a ga-eme. N'ụzọ na-adịghị mma, mmadụ nwere ike itinye ndụ ya niile n'ịchịkọta akụ na ụba, naanị na-atụfu ahụike ha ma mebie ihe onwunwe ha site n'ịkwụ ụgwọ maka nlekọta ha. Judas ghọgburu enyi ya ka o nweta ego. Kpachara anya maka ndị na-achọsi ike ịpụta ọgaranya.
Olee otú anyị ga-esi mara ma ego aghọgbuola anyị? Olee otú anyị ga-esi mara ma à na-eduhie anyị n’ihi uru? Ego aghọgbuwo anyị ma ọ bụrụ na ụzọ ndụ anyị etoola obere ihe onwunwe anyị ma kechie ụlọ anyị agbụ. Ego aghọgbuwo anyị ma ọ bụrụ na anyị na-etinyekwu uche na ihe onwunwe na akara ọkwa. Ọzọkwa, ọ bụrụ na onye were anyị n'ọrụ ma ọ bụ onye nlekọta anyị nwere, enwere ike iji anyị mee ihe maka ego. Ihe ngosi ịdọ aka ná ntị iji dalata, kwụsị, na nleba anya nke ọma bụ mgbe enweghị ohere fọdụrụ maka mmekọrịta, ahụike, ihe omume ntụrụndụ, mmetụta uche, ezinụlọ, ma ọ bụ ọnọdụ ime mmụọ. Ezuru ohi site na ego.
Ego bụ nkwa anyị nye onye iro kachanụ nke Jizọs Kraịst. Ụfọdụ ndị mmadụ na-eme ka ọchịchọ ha ịba ọgaranya mebie ihe ime mmụọ site n'ikwe nkwa na mgbe ha kpakọbaworo akụ̀ zuru ezu, otu ụbọchị, ha ga-enwe obi obiọma. Ma ikike inye ihe, ọ bụghị ego e nyere, na-ekpebi mmesapụ aka. N'ihi nke a ka Chineke ji were ego nwanyị di ya nwụrụ kpọrọ ihe karịa onye bara ọgaranya nke na-agwa Onyenwe anyị n'ihu ọha maka nlebara anya. Ee, iji mmesapụ aka nabata ugbu a bụ ọgwụgwọ maka aghụghọ ego.
Site n'amara nke Chineke, anyị na-ahapụ ọchịchọ mmehie nke inweta akụ na ụba ma jiri ntinye nkwa nye Jizọs na ịdị mma n'ebe ndị ọzọ nọ dochie ya. N’ihi ịmara na anyị ga-emecha mebie ndị mmadụ, anyị nwere ike zuru ike n’ụdị anyị bụ n’ime Kraịst ma zere ịbụ ndị a na-atụgharị n’uche site n’otu akụkụ ruo n’ọzọ. Isi ihe na-atụ anyị egwu bụ Onyenwe anyị, ọ bụghị ihe ndị ọzọ na-eche, na-ekwu, ma ọ bụ na-eme anyị. N'ezie, ọ bụghị ọtụtụ ndị na-eche banyere anyị n'ezie. Ya mere, anyị na-etinye ihe nile ọzọ n'akụkụ na-ebi ndụ maka Ya. Anyị na-ajụ aghụghọ ego ma tụkwasị obi na Chineke na iguzosi ike n'ezi ihe ya kama...... Ezi ọnwa ọhụrụ.