BibleGateway.com - Passage Lookup: Psalm 119:14
Derin asks:Does it mean I love money too much or not love God's statutes enough? Or both?
I'm still mulling this one over, but here are some thoughts.
I think it goes deeper than what I love and how, or immediate vs. spiritual.
Money is food, shelter, water, the best health care, good education, more money (it's easy to make money if you've got money), etc.
These are, of course, things for which I tell myself that I rely on God. But ...
In reality, though, I don't think any of that is the issue.
I had a bit of an epiphany when reading Mere Christianity last night (yep, still working on it). I have much in common with Lucifer. Primarily in the form of Pride. A big pile of money is MY thing that I can use to fix MY problems. And YOUR problems, and my family's, and my church's, and little childrens' in Brazil.
It's like when, in the (fictional) Book of Nod, God sent an angel to Cane (the angel Urial, if memory serves), to presented to him the chances for redemption. Again and again it was offered, again and again Cane said something to the effect of "No, by My Own power shall I overcome your judegements." Each time the curse upon him grew worse, until in the end he was unrecognizable, twisted, and evil.
So: There's Lucifer, Cane, and Joe. Excepting that I recognize this pride and make effort to humble myself before God and men. But somewhere deep down ...
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