Spiritual Bankruptcy

I recently read an article labeling this generation as "The Most Financially Stressed Generation."  The study showed that 69% of the participants labeled financial stress and conflicts as the number one source of their problems.  Other studies I have read indicate that upwards of 80% of divorces cite finances as the prime mover in the demise of their relationship.  It would seem that the reverse side of the love of money, the fear of not having enough money, is the root of all kinds of evil as well.

Jesus' warnings about money are very vivid, leaving no doubt as to how dangerous it can be to our very existence.  "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God" (Matt 19:24).  What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world yet forfeit their soul?  Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul" (Matt 6:26)?

This concern over and desire for money ends for many in spiritual bankruptcy and a life void of its true currency: Relationship with God.  "For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.  Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faitth and pierced themselves with many griefs" (1 Tim 6:10).

Jesus came that we "may have life to the full" (Jn 10:10) but, so often, man turns to money for that abundant life, which is both elusive and fickle.  Money comes and it goes.  With it peace waxes and wanes.  If your peace depends on something as volatile as money, it will be a roller-coaster ride at best.  And, in the end, when everyone's bank account is zero-balanced in death, it will leave you bankrupt.

But, if your peace is in the Lord, "who does not change like the shifting shadows" (James 1:17), then you have a life that is stress-proof and, in the end a spiritual bank account that is filled with unlimited resources lasting for an eternity.

So, what's your choice?  Upon what will you bank?  Jus' Askn.