"MONEY IS TRYING TO DIVIDE US"
“Too often, scraping together and
heaping up riches debases the mind, destroys godly traits and endues with
selfishness, pride and avarice which ends in perdition.” The above is Dake’s
comment on 1 Tim.6:9-10.
Reading again the same chapter verses
6-7, makes it clear to us the need to be contented with what we have and
emphasizes that just as we came into the world naked, so we will return without
any of these worldly materials, when our life here is over.
In the book of Haggai 2:8 we read that
silver and gold belong to God. It is hightime Christians realize that the love
of money can be a tool of the devil: without this realization, there will
continue to be biting and devouring of one another even in the same home which
may result in disaster if prayerful solution is not sought before it is too
late.
I would like to consider this topic from
the following points of view: The influence of money as it affects:-
1. Non-Christian
couple
2. The
unequally yoked couple
3. The
Christian couple
4. Other
possible ones
There was once a dialogue between two
women secretaries, they were gossiping about another one who is a Christian:
Mrs. A.
– “Do you know your friend is so foolish? This their S.U. has made her
so mad you
know! How can Christianity
make one so stupid as to keep joint account with a man
(husband)?
Mrs B.
–“Explain what you mean clearly: do you mean there are still such people
in the world
today with the modern trend
of civilization? God forbid, I know Baba Olu will never
mention such to me: even
though we love ourselves, not in money matter, everybody
with his own purse. I don’t
know his salary neither does he bother about knowing
mine.”
Mrs. A.- “The gods will never let wisdom
knock at the door of fools talk less of wisdom staying
with them! They have sold
themselves to foolishness which they call religion...”
the discussion continued, but I should
not continue to engage my ears with such reckless assault unleashed on fellow
human being especially a colleague. Of course this is not unexpected from
somebody whose god is the prince of this world, the devil. There is a Yoruba
adage concerning cripples: “won ni amukun eru re wo, o ni ati ile lo ti wo wa”
meaning: “Mr. Cripple, don’t you see your load is not straight up.” He replied,
“Look at my legs they are all bent, so the bending of the load is not just up.”
The case of the above secretaries is that of unregenerated lives. It takes a regenerated woman to have full
confidence in her husband and vice-versa.
The foregoing record is an expected
observation in homes of unbelieving couples and the unequally yoked. Unfortunately
there are several occasions which have proved disturbing enough even in
Christian homes either because of poor planning or lack of understanding
between the couple, or for several other reasons which may range from erratic
decision resulting from uncontrolled emotions to unresisted submission to
pressure and some other causes as analysed below.
(a) MONTHLY
SALARY:
Some days ago two Christian brothers were
discussing ‘financial matter in the home.’ One of them was wondering whether
anything was wrong in joint account between a Christian couple. The other
warned him strictly saying, “Bro, the day you allow your wife to know your
salary or financial strength from that day you lose your pride of being a
husband in the home!!!
Brethren, to shorten
the story, the case above is a REAL occurrence, but it ought not to be so. It
is because the old man (nature of sin) is still ruling, hence the brother was
holding to his Ego so much- the pride of life. The Bible warns us in I John 2:
15-17 not to love the world or the things in the world etc. and the pride of
life...they will all pass away. Also husband should love his wife like his own
flesh.
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