Remember the Beatles’ song from the ‘60s titled “Can’t Buy Me Love”? (Click here to read the lyrics.) One of the lessons we can learn from this song is that money can’t buy us happiness, love, or any of the things that are really important to God. In essence that’s the finding of a study reported in the October 2008 issue of Super Yacht World, “Money Can’t Buy Happiness.” It can lead to less desirable things however—anxiety, worry, fear, insecurity, and uncertainty.
Do I have enough?
What if I have an emergency?
Will I outlive my assets?
How much is enough?
If I run out of money who will take care of me?
Will I have to work until I die?
In a recent article in The Atlantic, they made this statement: “The lesson that Mammon is a false or inadequate god goes back a long way…” With this also comes the desire to have more. Christians are usually quick to attribute this to the super wealthy. However, compared to the rest of the world, we are super wealthy. Therefore the riches or assets that God has entrusted to us can present us with either joys or dilemmas. The Atlantic article states that most people are very anxious about their perception that they don’t have enough. They indicated that “they would require on average one-quarter more…” than what they currently possess. How much is enough?
Consider this,
“Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness! The more you have, the more people come to help you spend it. So what good is wealth—except perhaps to watch it slip through your fingers!” (Eccles. 5:10-11, NLT)
It isn’t just the poor that worry about money—so do the wealthy. We worry about losing it, how it’s invested, and about the impact it’s going to have. Money can’t buy love or happiness. However, it can be used to help others experience the love of God for the first time in a language they can understand.
What kind of impact are you producing with the assets God has entrusted to you? Are you using it to buy love and happiness for yourself? Or are you using it to help others hear about God’s love?
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