Beware Of Get Rich Quick Schemes

Ecclesiastes 7: 29 “компютри втора употребаThis only have I found: God made mankind upright, but men have in search of many schemes.”

I just wonder if this was Adam & Eve’s downfall. Did they fall for the very first get rich scheme on offer? Were they promised to be able to go way beyond what they currently had at lightning speed? Were they enticed into thinking they could better their station in life without having to be accountable or even put in the hard work that is normally involved to make such progress?

What were they promised?

They were promised that they could become like God. A proposition that if they had taken a little time to think it through, they would have realized that the offer was just to good to be true. But they didn’t, and in their pursuit of fast tracking advancement they lost it all! Not just for themselves, also for generations to come!

I must be on the alert for all such schemes for this is the ploy of the enemy. He wants you to think that you can somehow fast track life. He wants you to believe that you can fast track the gaining of wealth, you can fast track success, you can fast track relational development, you can fast track spiritual development. He promises you the chance to somewhat better your station in life with the need of paying the price of effort, energy, accountability and discipline across the sands of time. I must remember there is not such thing as a free lunch when it comes to the process of human development and advancement!

My Prayer: Oh God help me to keep a clear head to discern when the devil is making me an offer that is just too good to be true. Let me always remember that your principle for growth is line upon line, precept upon precept. It is always the journey of us walking together across the sands of time that builds lasting success.