MONEY TALKS

Someone said money makes the whole world go around. Does it? Well much of what we own, places we go, basic necessities of life such as food are bought by these papers and coins. Money is it a necessary evil? Every waking dawn, majority of the kenyan adults walk, commute to work to earn a living which may come end of month or day. Question is, Can one get fulfillment from work without necessarily having money involved? Think about it. The worldview is we work to earn a living in Africa, for the west, maybe leisure can be incorporated. A story is told of a young man who experimented whether he can swim to the deep end of a pool without a floater. By chance, he instead began drowning, luckily Peter, a lifeguard who was on holiday at the hotel was around. Crowds of people were gathered as some passed a stick to the boy to hold onto it to be rescued. Peter instantly dived into the water and helped the boy out. Astonished, some of the women offered him cash but Peter declined saying its his vocation. Some of the men went away murmuring of a chance they wish they had.
Yes one can do whatever work he/she loves without being paid for it. Think of it this way, If Martin Luther King Junior during the church’s reformation would have been paid by the Catholic bishops to keep still and not champion for his reformation cause would protestant churches exist today? Would we be talking about salvation? The bible acknowledges the love of money as root of all evil and has scenarios where even disciples fell to the love of money such as Judas Iscariot. Today much of churches are mushrooming all over with the urge upon the sheep to support the work of God, Man of God. A Credible leading Christian Station I listen to this week aired on the drive show (4pm-7pm) urging parents who have candidates


either in Class 8 or Form 4 to rush to the Christian bookshops and buy anointing oil. After buying it, they would then take it to the pastor who would pray for it and then the candidate’s properties such as books, pens and face be anointed. Something in mind went…What? Isn’t that now being a cult where certain rituals must be done? Am not saying that Christians or the church don’t need money but when its put first before the word of God then we have lost the direction completely.
Similarly, a true believer who works primarily for the paycheck does not just face frustrations but will most likely not be in work force for that long. Believers should work hard and succeed having put their trust in the name of the Lord. The Lord provides and all silver and gold are His. He owns cattle on a thousand hills. We are so money minded that even the 10% we are REQUIRED as instructed in Malachi is painful for our wallets! Dr Myles Munroe says that he can tell your life story from your check book-It shows what your priorities are in life.
As the common saying goes
God made man, Man made money, Money made man mad.
-Anonymous-