God created many things to delight mankind, however, when man grabs for more\u2014thinking that if a little bit is good, then more is better\u2014he totally misses the point of it all. Grasping for more is appalling because it says, \u201cthere is no God\u201d or \u201cI do not want a God.\u201d It is so much better to have a small amount than grab for more and feel guilt. The guilty conscience, buyer\u2019s remorse, is an empty, dreadful feeling.<\/p>\n
I believe this lack of faith, which has led to greed and control, has blossomed in this country. I have sympathy, and I do believe it is because we have not been taught correctly. This fearful need to take care of yourself, that God has forgotten you, is not new; the Israelites did the same thing when they grew impatient for Moses to bring God\u2019s laws to them.<\/p>\n
When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said: \u201cCome, make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don\u2019t know what has happened to him.\u201d Aaron answered them, \u201cTake off the gold earrings that your wives, your sons and your daughters are wearing, and bring them to me.\u201d So all the people took off their ear- rings and brought them to Aaron. He took what they handed him and made it into an idol cast in the shape of a calf, fashioning it with a tool. Then they said, \u201cThese are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.\u201d Exodus 32:1-4<\/em><\/p>\n The Israelites, despite seeing all the ways God had provided for them, made for themselves a false god to turn to\u2014the golden calf. Controlling your life is being a god. Being our own god and providing for ourselves cuts off a relationship with God. There is nothing to praise Him for, because we took care of everything ourselves! When you want to indulge yourself when you want it and how you want it, without praying and waiting on God, it is called greed, and Ephesians 5 says that greed is idolatry.<\/p>\n