“Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied” -Proverbs 27;20
Sheol and abaddon mean hell and destruction and the words says Hell is never full, and interestingly the next part speaks of human desire: the eyes of man are never satisfied, which suggests that greed is tied to eternal damnation.
If you think about the greediest people you know they are usually already high in status, having wealth or power and the need for more wealth. Politicians that are elected to office have power, but that isn’t enough, they have to have money and power and end up making shady deals and taking bribes to get more money while they have power, because one isn’t enough, which is the case with human desire and human depravity. That nature is in all of us because we inherited it from Adam and Eve, when they were thrown out of the Garden of Eden.
But what is scary, is that God’s Word says in one verse ties human desire not being fulfilled, to hell not ever overflowing. The reality is we can make all this fame and fortune in life on earth, but in the next God is not going to let anyone into heaven because the have the largest bank account, Greed separates us from God.
If we remember Jesus and the rich ruler, the rich ruler says, teacher what do I need to do to get into heaven? Jesus told him sell everything you have and give it to the poor, the rich ruler walked away crying because he loved his wealth, and couldn’t part with it.
It’s easy for us to point fingers at the ones richer than we are and say, this applies to them, but it also applies to us. Human desire is not exclusive to just rich people, it is every one of us who come from Adam and Eve, the entire human race. It is sin, and the only One who shows us our sin and takes it away is Jesus. We have to remember what He tells us, “do not state us our wealth in earth because it will just fade away.” Instead, we should store up our time and resources in heavenly places that are eternal.
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