“I will give their wives to others and their farms to strangers. From the least to the greatest, their lives are ruled by greed. Yes, even my prophets and priests are like that. They are all frauds. They offer superficial treatments for my people’s mortal wound. They give assurances of peace when there is no peace.”
Jeremiah 8:10-11 NLT
"Their lives are ruled by greed." When we see the word greed, we associate it with money. We think greed had to do with money. But in the spiritual sense, greed is more than money. Financial resources are the surface issues. What are deep rooted issues for living and being ruled by greed?
When we refuse to let go of our hurt and truly forgive, we are ruled by own greed to live in self pity or live as a spiritual murderer. When we refuse to submit and live a life of anger, jealousy, coveting, disobedience, lust, fear, or such, we are choosing to live and be ruled by greed.
Greed shows that we are desiring to be our own king. We want to rule ourselves. We may want to live a life of anger because we refuse to let the resentment go. God looks at all this as greed. Greed is to be ruled by our carnal nature.
When we want to lust, we are being greedy to satisfy the flesh. When we want to disobey and lie, we are being greedy to satisfy our need to self preserve rather than be crucified. When we continue to be ruled by anger, we are being greedy to prove we are always right.
We can call ourselves Christians but whether we are lay people or priests, if our lives are ruled by carnal greed, God will declare us Frauds! As frauds, there will be no genuine power of God working so treatments to assist one another will be superficial. The answers we give to one another will have no affect. This is why many churches have no power. God said even the prophets and priests are ruled by greed. It is not always about money but they have yet to crucify their flesh. Many in authority may still preach from positions of hurt, unforgiveness, lust, compromise and so on. Therefore, whether one is in authority or a lay believer, many offer superficial advice and counsel. It is superficial because they themselves have not been fully healed or restored.
"They give assurances of peace when there is no peace."
They say just have faith and trust God when things will not really get better. How can they know it will get better when their own lives are not better. How can they know when their own lives have yet to bear a testimony of victory. How can one give assurance of peace when they themselves are not at peace?
We must examine ourselves, are our lives ruled by our greed or are we submitted allowing the Holy Spirit to rule our lives.
Pastor Steve
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