Greed - The Thief of Glory
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“Men who trap animals in Africa
for zoos in America say that one of
the hardest animals to catch is the
ring tailed monkey. For the Zulus of
that continent, however, it’s simple.
They’ve been catching this agile
little animal with ease for years.
The method the Zulus use is based
on knowledge of the animal. Their
trap is nothing more than a melon
growing on a vine. The seeds of this
melon are a favorite of the monkey.
Knowing this, the Zulus simply
cut a hole in the melon, just large
enough for the monkey to insert
his hand to reach the seeds inside.
The monkey will stick his hand in,
grab as many seeds as he can, then
start to withdraw it. This he cannot
do. His fist is now larger than the
hole. The monkey will pull and tug,
screech and fight the melon for
hours. But he can’t get free of the
trap unless he gives up the seeds,
which he refuses to do. Meanwhile,
the Zulus sneak up and nab him.”[1]
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The gifts exchanged at Christmas
should be in memory of the greatest
gift ever i.e. Jesus, God’s gift of
salvation to all humanity. Sinful man
however, saw this exchanging of
gifts as an opportunity to feed our
greed and so the focus was totally
removed from Jesus to materialism.
Christmas is the most profitable
time of the year for businesses
because people do more shopping
during this period than at any other
time of the year. Year after year
we continue to indulge ourselves
with more food, wine, decorations,
gadgets and a mountain of other
things while with every advancing
year Jesus is met with more rejection
than the year before. In many towns
and cities the name of Jesus must
not even be mentioned or nativity
scenes depicting His birth be
mounted publicly. Our greed has
ousted God and we are beginning
to see the devastating effects of it
in our drug,