Greed...!

II Kings 5:20-27 NKJV

But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared Naaman this Syrian, while not receiving from his hands what he brought; but as the Lord lives, I will run after him and take something from him.” So Gehazi pursued Naaman. When Naaman saw him running after him, he got down from the chariot to meet him, and said, “ Is all well?” And he said, “All is  well. My master has sent me, saying, ‘Indeed, just now two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from the mountains of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of garments.’ ” So Naaman said, “Please, take two talents.” And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and handed them to two of his servants; and they carried them on ahead of him. When he came to the citadel, he took them from their hand, and stored them away in the house; then he let the men go, and they departed. Now he went in and stood before his master. Elisha said to him, “Where did  you  go, Gehazi?” And he said, “Your servant did not go anywhere.” Then he said to him, “Did not my heart go with  you when the man turned back from his chariot to meet you? Is  it  time to receive money and to receive clothing, olive groves and vineyards, sheep and oxen, male and female servants? Therefore the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and your descendants forever.” And he went out from his presence leprous, as  white as snow.

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Shalom! Day #170.  Do you know that greed is the reason why many servants of God fall? Let's pray. Father,  forgive us for being greed in every matter and especially in dealing with money. Forgive us Lord. Set us free from the spirit of greed. In Jesus name we ask and pray, Amen!

Many servants of God fall because of greed, the love for money was too strong, the temptation was so strong until they were desperated situation to put their hands in the weekly offering collections. Greed isn't something new to us, but have we overcome it? Greed is a cancerous cell, if we do not deal with it at the early stage, it will be the only reason for our downfall. Many big time churches are facing lawsuit because of improper handling of church funds. Greed is a sin. Money isn't evil, but the love of money is the root of all evil. People are willing to kill each other just for money. Even the dead opens it mouth if it sees a billion dollars. This is the condition now.

In today's verse we see Gehazi, Elisha's servant, was filled with the spirit of greed. Elisha refused to accept the offerings Naaman presented to Elisha, but Gehazi, ran after Naaman and lied to him saying that Elisha accepts the offerings, and not only that, when Elisha questioned Gehazi, he lied to Elisha as well. I'm not saying that having money is wrong, but the love of money is very much wrong. You cannot serve both mammon and God.

In Merriam-Webster dictionary,  the definition of GREED is
"a selfish and excessive desire for more of something (as money) than is needed."

Why there's greed?

1. How are we handling our finances? Are we spending lavishly like no ones business?

2. To satisfy our fleshy desire,  we go to the extend of taking loans just to look good in the eyes of people. 

3. Greed comes after ENVY. We envy another's success and we filled with greed to succeed that person, so what we do? We try to slander that person from every ways.

If you are not careful with your life, you will be trapped in greed. At the end of the day, what happened yo Gehazi was a shameful thing. Elisha said to him, “Where did  you  go, Gehazi?” And he said, “Your servant did not go anywhere.” Then he said to him, “Did not my heart go with  you when the man turned back from his chariot to meet you? Is  it  time to receive money and to receive clothing, olive groves and vineyards, sheep and oxen, male and female servants? Therefore the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and your descendants forever.” And he went out from his presence leprous, as  white as snow. Do you want this to happen to you and your future generation? Repent immediately! Break the bondage of greed!

Let this day be the day of the Lord!

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