SATISFIED? -Daily devotional by Pastor E.A Adeboye

BIBLE IN A YEAR: NUM 31-33
SATISFIED? Tuesday, March 23, 2010
MEMORIZE: “He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity” (Eccl. 5:10) READ: Proverbs 30:7-9 Wealth is a blessing but if taken out of the context of holiness and the fear of God, it can become a curse. In today’s reading, having seen the danger of being on any extreme in the wealth continuum, Agur made a strange request to God.  He told God, ‘Lord, I do not want riches or poverty for two reasons: I do not want to be in lack so that I am not tempted to steal and bring your Name to shame. I also do not want to be rich so that I do not become so comfortable that I fall into the trap of thinking you do not exist’. God will not give you the wealth that can destroy you in Jesus’ Name. Becoming very rich can be a dangerous thing. The rich believes everything has a price. He believes he can always buy anything with his money.  On the other hand, this man is ignorant of what to do with wealth. However, it all depends on what you want the wealth for.  Many people want to be wealthy for the wrong reasons. If you want to be rich just to belong, it is a trap. That kind of wealth does not have God’s blessing in it. If it is to show off, that’s another wrong motive.  Satan will always exploit your wrong motives for wealth to push you into amassing wealth through the back door.  Such wealth does not come from God. The wealth of many people has excluded God from it. Is God behind yours? “He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity” (Eccl. 5:10). Wealth has its attendant problems. One of such problems is lack of satisfaction. Those who love money would never be satisfied with what they have; no matter how much they have they will continue to desire for more. I once had a friend who is now late. At the age of 70, he had so much money that he could not exhaust for another 200 years in one of his bank accounts. Yet, he had money in about 100 banks.  Whenever you visit him, he will be planning how to invest some more. The rich are ever struggling with themselves. They would say, ‘So and so has just built another house or bought another car, and I must follow suit’. They are never satisfied. Satisfaction is a precious virtue that every believer must have. Are you caught in the rat race for earthly possessions? Ask God to give you satisfaction or contentment without which that wealth will be another trap. ACTION POINT: Father, as you increase me financially and materially, give me a corresponding increase in godliness and contentment.