So my friend Miles recently introduced me to a show called "Shark Tank". This show is about 5 billionaires (sharks) who are giving a bunch of entrepreneurs an opportunity to present their business or product. The entrepreneurs come to the sharks asking for X amount of dollars for X% equity (ownership) of their product or company. Right there on the show the sharks and entrepreneurs barter and make a deal, or one of the sides reject the others' offer. I can't believe how fun it is to watch this show, I feel like I'm right in the middle of the deal and sometimes catch myself mumbling my own deal. It's very entertaining, however it also shows how desperately greedy these people are. Everyone is so hungry for money and many of them have mortgaged their homes, lost their children's college fund, etc.
It is no wonder why Jesus said that it is incredibly difficult for these people to enter heaven. They are breaking the first 2 commandments; 1. serving another god (money) and 2. worshiping something they themselves have created (their business, or product). It's sad when they feel a need for God, and try to fill it with $. God is provider, sustainer, fulfiller, protector. Money is a sad charade, a megaphone behind a smoke screen promising to be god in your life but absolutely, and more importantly, eternally incapable.
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