Feeling Secure Now Being Secure Forever - Money - What Is the Real Problem

Will money give you a feeling of security? Liz from Canada states:  "As a young person, I believed that money brought freedom from worry."  She fell in love with a man who was financially secure.  Soon they married.  Did she feel secure?  Liz continues:  "When I married, we had a beautiful home and two cars, and our financial situation allowed us freedom to enjoy virtually anything in the way of material things, travel, and recreation.  Oddly enough, I still worry about  money." She explains why:  "We had so much to lose.  It seems that the more you have, the less secure you feel.  Money did not bring freedom from worry or anxiety." 

If you feel that you do not have enough money to be secure, ask yourself,  'What is the real problem?  Is it really a lack of money, or is it a lack of wise money management?'  Reflecting on her past, Liz says:  "I now realize that the source of my family's problems when i was a child was poor money management.  We purchased on credit, and therefore we always had a debt  hanging over our heads.  This brought anxiety."

Today, however, Liz and her husband feel much more secure, although they have less money.  When they learned the truth of God's Word, they stopped listening to enticing claims about money and began listening to God's wisdom, including these words:  "As for the one listening to me, he will reside in security and be undisturbed from dread of calamity."  (Proverbs 1:33)  They wanted their life to have more meaning than a large bank account could give.  Now as missionaries in a distant land, Liz and her husband are teaching rich and poor people alike that Jehovah God will soon bring about genuine security earth wide.  This activity provides deep satisfaction and stability that stem from a superior purpose and surpassing values, not from financial gain.

Remember this basic truth: Being rich with God is far more valuable than having material riches.  Throughout the Sacred Scriptures, the emphasis is placed, not on possessing material riches, but on having a good standing with Jehovah, one that we can maintain by continually doing the divine will in faith.  Christ Jesus encouraged us to be "rich toward God" and to store up; "treasure in the heavens." -Luke 12:21, 33.

Next time: Feeling Secure Now Being Secure Forever - Position - Where Are You Going?

The Watchtower, 2002