GREED...

Isn’t it amazing how “Greed” will drive some people to become cruel and merciless to another individual who has done nothing to them?  For instance, during slavery the master could have chosen to give his workers (the slaves) sufficient meals and clothing; especially when they worked from sun up to sun down, six days a week in all weather – oh yeah and for FREE.  But instead chose to give them the least of everything – dirt floor shacks – really?  Who would think to feed someone intestines, stomachs, brains, ears, knuckles and feet of an animal – to keep only the good part for themselves; especially when there was better to be had by all?  There is nothing new up under the sun and the same is going on right now in today’s society.  The rich are choosing to hoard and keep to themselves and not to distribute a trickle down to the lower classes.  And many base their decisions supposedly on biblical principles.  Not the give and it shall be given to you pressed down, shaken together and running over; but rather the Rich man who decided to tear down his current barns in order to build larger ones so that he could store more stuff.  But little did he know that his soul would be required of him that night.  Of course I am not saying just give without regards to the what, the when, the who, and the why because to give frivolously without a purpose is throwing good money after bad but the distribution of the wealth could be done with a little more heart, care and discernment; instead of the mentality of “what’s mine is mine and you get yours the best way that you can” attitude.  They can accumulate all they want but the fullness of the earth is the Lord’s.  None of us can take anything with us anyway.  We all fall short of the glory of God, so when you stand before the Father who owns it all, you might want to have something else in your spiritual bank account because God isn’t counting dollars and cents, he is counting souls and the concerns we had towards others – which to him counts more than all the wealth in the world.