Money

December 22, 2007

We always seem to think in our lives that money will solve all of our problems. I know that money is needed to live, but one of the greatest Kings of Israel had all he wanted but was not happy. Solomon wrote:

Ecclesiastes 2:7-11 KJV
(7) I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:
(8) I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I got me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
(9) So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
(10) And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labor: and this was my portion of all my labor.
(11) Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

If Solomon could not be happy with all the money in the world, how can we be happy? The truth is that happiness comes from within, not from without.