Creflo Dollar — Broke, Busted and Disgusted
Financially aggressive people constantly check the stock market, monitor the performance of international currencies, and buy and sell stocks and bonds to try to beat the market.
It’s time-consuming, stressful work involving much self-effort. Some, snared by the fear of not having enough money, even resort to stealing it. This is like running on a hamster’s wheel and getting nowhere, but some are addicted to this type of behavior.
“Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income. This too is meaningless” (Ecclesiastes 5:10, NIV).
Any kind of addiction—including the financial kind—is painful, but allowing God to take away the craving for money frees us to realize that wealth is simply a tool. Life is more than just money, and God wants us to enjoy life for the rich gift that it is.
“For what has man for all his labor, and for the striving of his heart with which he has toiled under the sun? For all his days are sorrowful, and his work burdensome; even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity. Nothing is better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and that his soul should enjoy good in his labor. This also, I saw, was from the hand of God” (Ecclesiastes 2:22-24 NKJV).
Money is great to have, and there’s nothing wrong with being financially comfortable, but the pursuit of it can hurt us.