Few things are as enticing as is money. With money, you can obtain all that the world has to offer. The pleasures of the world can all be bought, and they all carry a price. If you become obsessed with the world’s pleasures, you will crave money.
The problem with being obsessed with money is that it leads you to make foolish choices. Some will forfeit their integrity out of their pursuit of wealth. Others will enslave themselves to its pursuit and sacrifice relationships, their health, and their walk with God in their carnal quest. Many have sacrificed their wholesome family and church life in order to take a job in another city that paid more money. Even pastors have left thriving churches because a larger church, that paid a higher salary, pursued them. More than one layperson has asked why it seems that God always “calls” pastors to larger churches that pay more money.
While Christians would adamantly deny that money is a god in their life, we often let it drive our most important decisions. Christian marriages and families have been torn asunder because of money. People have sacrificed much in their quest for just a little more money.
Money should not drive what you do. God should. God is far more concerned for your character, integrity, relationships, and Christian witness than He is with how much money you accumulate. What is the driving force in your life, really?