Greedy Gain
“Surely, in vain the net is spread In the sight of any bird; So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; It takes away the life of its owners.” Proverbs 1:17, 19 NKJV When Jim Elliot said ‘He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose’ , I am sure he was inspired by the biblical injunction in Matthew 16:26 “ For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? ”. Unfortunately, our world is increasingly full of fools who pride in the greedy accumulation of riches, sinful expansion of material wealth, greedy grabbing of positions, especially at the expense of peace in their souls and the gracious gain of eternal rest. Whereas, if we choose to trust in the revelation of the wholesome truth from the word of God and wait patiently in His promises, God’s gracious gain cannot be liquidated by the worldly corruption, depreciation, and even physical death. For exam...