The Profit Margin for Success Part 2 of 2

When was the last time you saw a U-Haul trailer hooked up to a hurst that was heading for the cemetery?  I am not saying, by any stretch of the imagination, that those having a lot of money has lost their way regarding salvation, or forfeited their soul because of money, God forbid.  It is when money becomes a person’s god that problems arise.

When a person chooses to leave God out of the equation, this personal choice determines their fate at the end of life’s journey. 

(1 Timothy 6:10), “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.”

Yes, they may be able to buy anything in this world in a feeble attempt to satisfy their lack of fulfillment and deep longing for the sanctity of peace, but all their efforts are in vain as they try, unsuccessfully, to find lasting joy that money cannot buy.  They refuse to see their need for God in their life Who is joy unspeakable and gives lasting peace, forever.

(Matthew 19:24), “And again I say to you, 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.”

Their profit margin for success in the lifestyle they chose is zip, zero, nada.  Without Christ in a person’s soul, money and things are merely counterfeit placeholders for the Real Thing—Jesus.

(Mark 8:36), “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?”

As you have discovered in Part 1 and Part 2 of this writing, it encompasses how to achieve true success without selling out to mammon (money).  We must be careful not to fall into the trap of putting all our marbles into the ‘sack of greed’ with a hole in the bottom.

At the end of life, a person may find themselves “weighed in the balance and found wanting” as the Bible says, having lost everything, namely their soul, because Jesus Christ was second fiddle to wealth.  It is not too late to place Jesus at the top of your list of desires, if in fact He is toward the bottom.

(Matthew 6:33), “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”

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Papa Boyd

**Please read, “The Profit Margin for Success” Part 1 of 2, if you haven’t already.