For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.Most of the focus goes on the first half of the verse, but I want to focus on the second half. It doesn't say that people have wandered away from faith because they have money, but because they long for it. Longing for anything other than God generally leads nowhere good.
In my own case, my longing has probably been for a wife, or at least some friends who I feel really care about me. I know it means I've been putting my focus in the wrong place, and I certainly have many self-inflicted wounds. The trouble is I don't know how to turn those desires into a desire for God, and unsure where to look for it.
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