It is better to trust in the Lord than to put your confidence in man or princes. If you have God on your side, who can be against you? The Lord your God will defend and shield you from the arrows of the wicked. Put your confidence in the Lord, for He will never leave you nor forsake you. According to Jeremiah 17:5, you attract a curse from the Lord when you place your trust in man.

At salvation, every believer is given the mind of Christ which should make him think and walk like Christ. However, the mind must be constantly renewed for the believer to exercise the mind of Christ. The believer must not be conformed to worldly standards. He must seek to always know the acceptable and perfect will of God through the transforming power of God's word and regular fervent prayers. 

The Bible warns us against covetousness but admonishes us to ear-nestly covet the best spiritual gifts. The value of the soul of a man is not measured by the abundance of his material possessions. What shall it benefit you if your purse of money is full and your heart is empty of grace? Everyone who labours to enrich himself with the ma-terial things of this life at the expense of his impoverished soul can best be described as a fool.

Worldly pleasure is a fleeting experience and those that partake of it shall soon find themselves in the chambers of death. There is no prof-it for any man that seeks to enjoy life in this world at the detriment of his own soul. Those given to sinful pleasure are dead while they live: their love for pleasure outweighs their love for God. Life in this world, no matter how sweet, is only for a moment.

The joy derived from the pleasures of sin is transient, yet many are being deceived to go for it instead of the eternal joy that comes with righteousness. Moses made an unpopular choice, although he knew it would cost him the throne of Egypt. He counted the cost of accepting to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter: although it would guaran-tee temporal enjoyment, the door of heaven would be shut against him.