Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Posted: 30 Mar 2009 06:00 AM PDT
Those who are determined to be rich fall into temptation and a snare and many senseless and hurtful desires, which plunge men into destruction and ruin.—1 Tim. 6:9.There is real danger if we lose sight of our true purpose and loosen our hold on “the real life.” (1 Tim. 6:19) We risk “being carried away by anxieties and riches and pleasures of this life.” (Luke 8:14) Uncontrolled desires and “anxieties over livelihood” can lead to excessive involvement in this system of things. (Luke 21:34, ftn.) Tragically, some have become caught up in today’s frenzied economy and have been “led astray from the faith and have stabbed themselves all over with many pains,” even losing their precious relationship with Jehovah. What a price to pay for not keeping “a firm hold on the everlasting life”! (1 Tim. 6:10, 12; Prov. 28:20) Paul advised “those making use of the world [to be] as those not using it to the full.”—1 Cor. 7:31. w07 10/1 1:14, 15
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