Some people are never satisfied. Reaching is not a bad thing. But enjoying what you have when you get it seems almost a prerequisite to striving for more. This condition of not enjoying something when you've achieved it stems from a poverty of the soul. How much better to have the wealth of Life. You have sown much, and bring in little; you eat, but you have not enough; you drink, but you are not filled with drink; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and he that earns wages earns wages to put it into a bag with holes. Haggai 1:6 This verse says a mouth full on the subject of "empty reaching." You see here a person who gets all he ever wanted, but finds it not enough. How much more pleasant is it to strive, earn, and enjoy?
There is one that scatters, and yet increases; and there is one that withholds more than is right, but it leads to poverty. Proverbs 11:24 Notice the difference between the first verse, and the couplet in Proverbs? The missing ingredient is an outlet. The verse in Haggai speaks of gain, gain, gain, or an apparent collecting of wealth and resources by a person providing only for himself. The contrasting couplet proverb, on the other hand, shows both the futility of storing up, and the wisdom of spending and investing wisely. It is a dichotomy, a two-sided coin if you will. Money is like time, not made to be saved but spent wisely. It is possible to have all you want and nothing you need.
There is one that scatters, and yet increases; and there is one that withholds more than is right, but it leads to poverty. Proverbs 11:24 Notice the difference between the first verse, and the couplet in Proverbs? The missing ingredient is an outlet. The verse in Haggai speaks of gain, gain, gain, or an apparent collecting of wealth and resources by a person providing only for himself. The contrasting couplet proverb, on the other hand, shows both the futility of storing up, and the wisdom of spending and investing wisely. It is a dichotomy, a two-sided coin if you will. Money is like time, not made to be saved but spent wisely. It is possible to have all you want and nothing you need.
