Beware of Greed

Meditations on

Staying In the Grace for Today 

June 25, 2025

Beware of Greed

Then (Jesus) said, “Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own.”

Luke 12:15 

Jesus taught that our value is not measured by what we own. Jesus taught our value is measured by who we are. Are we a child of God. Or are we a child of the world’s culture?

In the ways of the world, if you have a lot of stuff, you are the big man, or woman, on campus. In the ways of the world, if you have little, you are thought of as little. The consequences of the ways of the world are easily predictable. If your value is determined by the sum of your possessions, then it is logical to acquire as much as you can. No price is too high when it comes to feathering your bed.

Jesus taught that greed is not measured by how much something costs; greed is measured by how much it cost you. If your quest for more possessions costs you your faith, or your family, the price was far too high.

My Takeaway: From God’s perspective, your value is measured by what he paid for you: “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.” (John 3:16 NRSV)

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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