The lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and pride of life.
We all are much familiar with 1 John 2:16, even though we have come across reading this we often think that these verses are not meant for us but for those who walk in ignorance about God.
First of all John advices us not to love the world, because the one who is in love with the world doesn’t have the love of God in him. Furthermore he says lust of eyes, lust of flesh, pride of life none of this comes from the father; it all comes from the world.
So what does John mean or what does he want to convey when he tells us not to love the world? In psalms we read that the Earth and all its creatures are for God, Is this the reason for us not to love the world? Not at all, all what he wants to convey is that we must never be in love with the “desires of the world” and not “the world”. We are often being misguided by cult doctrines and are recklessly chasing the desires of the world. All what we are bothered about is to earn as much as money we could earn and save as much as we could save for our coming generations.
People in olden days joyfully used to exchange their commodities with others. They were able to share whatever they have with them irrespective of their caste and religion. It was impossible for them to store commodities, but with the development of new inventions and techniques they started preserving the goods which even last for years. As we all know that each and every goods which we are consuming daily has an expiry date in it, even the eggs has an expiry date. Technology has developed a lot and it is still developing. Money has changed the attitude of the people. The intention of people to share things has changed and started saving it for their future. Save things only for the moment you breathe because the next breathe is not in our hands. We need money only for fulfilling our basic essential requirements in this world; God has already created a new place for us in heaven. Most of the people are still below the poverty line, compare ourselves with them, we all are blessed.
We should learn to use our money for the better sake of those who are in need of food, clothing, shelter, medicine etc… Jesus says to earn friend for eternity using our money.
In the book of James 4: 4 it says that if we love the world we are God’s enemy. If we decide to be a friend of the world, we make our self an enemy of God. Surrender to God! Resist the devil, and he will run from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you. We are the one already engaged to be the bride of God. God loves you in the same manner as he loves me. There is no increase or decrease in his love for us. If a man is blessed in abundance it is not that God loved him more, it is that God wants to fulfil the wants of the needy through him.
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