Jeremiah 17:5 Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from the Lord. 6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good comes; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.
The desire to get rich quick is not a noble desire and persons who are thus disposed will be vulnerable to significant financial risks, as different schemes, and devices of men, and devils would cause many to be exposed to unnecessary failure and distress. Losing all one’s hard-earned money in what should have been a good investment is bad enough, but to lose it all to conmen who will deliberately plot and connive to deprive persons of their earnings is not only discouraging, it can affect one’s spirituality by triggering bouts of depression and buyer’s remorse.
Throughout history, persons who have made it their sole goal to get rich in a hurry, have splattered their history and legacy with infamy, and in the process many have gone from hero to zero, and collateral damage has occurred in others, as individuals were pulled into the financial quagmire.
The Bible tells us of certain individuals who ran into very serious problems who all had as the root cause a desire to get rich quickly. The argument between Abraham and Lot was the result of Lot trying to get rich in a hurry. The move Lot later made into Sodom, was largely driven by the inordinate desire, and the end result is before our faces, so that persons might chart a different course, for like so many other casualties of greed, Lot went from hero to zero.
Jeremiah 17:7 Blessed is the man that trusts in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. 8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreads out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!