Loving money

“Whoever loves money never has money enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income. This too is meaningless.” Ecclesiastes 5:10
As we know, Solomon was the richest man in the world at one time. His income is listed as being 666 talents of gold per annum (1 Kin. 10:14), or about 23 metric tons, which in today’s price of gold would be around 1 billion US dollars. So he is more than qualified to write about what life is like when you have a lot of money. Can you imagine what it would be like to not be satisfied with an annual income of a billion dollars? But if you love money, it doesn’t matter how much or how little you make; you will never be satisfied.
John D. Rockefeller was asked once, “How much money is enough money?” He replied, “Just a little bit more.” How much better it is, to be like the apostle Paul: “I know what it is to b ein need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want” (Phil. 4:12).
Paul also tells us that the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil (1 Tim. 6:10). The pursuit of more money, if you get drawn in to it, is neverending. As you focus more and more of your life on getting more, your relationship with God will suffer. “No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money” (Matt. 6:24).
The issue is not having money. The problem comes when we love it.