Just in case.
Just in case we need a reminder of how devastating the pursuit of material possessions is to our souls ...
Indeed, because he transgresses by wine,
He is a proud man,
And he does not stay at home.
Because he enlarges his desire as hell,
And he is like death, and cannot be satisfied,
He gathers to himself all nations
And heaps up for himself all peoples.
-- Habakkuk 2:5
Note how the Lord connects the enlargement of desire with death. Just as death is always taking and is never satisfied, the greedy heart cannot be satiated. Death will continue to consume men until every person of every nation has succumbed. Greed will drive men to consume to destruction of their souls ... and beyond.
We need not live this way, brothers and sisters. We have the ultimate source of satisfaction in Christ Jesus. He is every thing and all things. He alone can satisfy every longing of our heart. We need not leave the home He has built for us to find Him.
Be content with Christ, because there is nothing and no one greater.
Be encouraged, Jose
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