Greed, covetousness, the love of money and materialism cause the heart to drift away from God. And the heart that is far from God will usually be plagued by sorrow and misery. There may be temporary happiness, but real joy will definitely be missing. Covetousness takes the heart away from the Lord and is otherwise known as idolatry. Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry - 1 Corinthians 10:14.

Every confessed sin is judged and covered by the Lord so that the devil finds nothing to accuse you of before God. Unfortunately many believers because of ignorance try in vain to cover their sins. It is better to expose your sins on earth before death, otherwise they will follow you to accuse you before God after you have passed on to the other side of eternity where no defendant will ever be acquitted.

Many people do not seem to understand that worldly gain profits nothing. That explains why a man can do anything for material gain, at the expense of his never-dying soul. Your soul is so important to God and nothing will be accepted in exchange for it. Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivers from death. There is no middle ground between the world and your soul: you can either gain one and lose the other. And the choice is yours.

The Almighty God is a just God and He weighs the actions and motives of men in His balances. When king Belshazzar was weighed, he was found wanting. The Lord sees your ways and counts your steps. Even the thoughts of your heart are very loud in His ears: He hears and sees your every imagination. Judge yourself and you will not be judged.

When God saw that Israel became comfortable in the wilderness, He told them to move forward. He took them through the way of the red sea to prove them and for them to learn some beneficial lessons. However, in their disobedience they stayed longer than necessary in the wilderness. The Lord is concerned about your spiritual stagnancy and lack of progress. Now it's time to make progress in your journey to heaven - desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby - 1 Peter 2:2.