As a lawyer, I handled many litigations matters which started off by the word, 'greed'. It all started with partners or friends being poor when they were young, everyone worked very hard and being successful and when things turned sour, there how the fight started and everyone attacked each other, forgetting how they become successful. It is sad when people started to not appreciating how they came to be successful and they focus on how to be even richer in the future because according to them, building more wealth meaning the future of their children, their grandchildren and all are secured. SERIOUSLY, is anything that can be guaranteed and that future is secure?
Someone gave me a call yesterday out of nowhere and I have not met the person who engaged me for the service until today. I was only given the picture that someone is trying to lock an office with an order pronounced without the sealed Order being extracted from the court yet. It was pronounced at 3pm on 28.08.2020 in KL and immediately, they tried to lock the premise in KK, even though the Judge did say the winning party can take possession of all the records, books and properties of A company within 7 days from the day the sealed Order is served on the Defendant. The lock was unlawful. But they did it anyway on the basis that they were the directors of the company and they can do anything they want.
Lawlessness is the thing now at this era because everyone wants their rights, but at the same time, do not want to be restricted by the laws, even though their rights are to be governed by the laws. Everyone trying to say they are right and they have the rights to do so and so as if God's laws don't exist anymore. In the name of rights, greed gets it stands. Because I want more money and I can manipulate things from the right to wrong, so it suits me and protects me and gives me benefit that I want, I mean, I deserve to have, because I am smart and you are not as smart as I am. Alright, can you see how many me and I? Yes, it is all about me and my and I. I don't care if you are my uncles or aunties or someone I should respect. I am younger and smarter and so you HAVE to listen to me and give me what I want. Just because of this, the world has turned upside down. How the world runs, it is on human now (the smart one they claimed) and not God. "I can be God. God's law is old fashion and useless and not up to date". I can do better rules and law. I just need to table it in the Parliament and get it passed and so all the rules and laws, according to the Bible or the Quran or whatever will be overruled. Who cares if God says no homosexuality? Who cares if God says do not murder? Who cares if God says love your neighbour as yourself? Who cares if God says being angry. = murder? MY laws or my country's laws say it is alright and I abide with it and I am not a sinner and God is just and He knows I am not a sinner.
People tend to forget how blessed they are and they survive well today because of the grace of God. In fact, no one 'lives' if not because of the grace of God. Can God take away everything within a minute? Of course, He can. That's what happened in Job and that's the reason why Job is one of the books in the Bible. And people started to blame God and be angry with God when they lose everything? But never remember how graceful God is to them when they have a good life, their business goes well, God sent them a good business partner to work hard together with, how God blessed them with family, friends and possessions? and because they wanted more, they used their own strength and ability to gain and forget about whether that's what God wants them to have?
People's mind and focus were distorted by greed, that's planted by the evil. People started to believe the lies that, they need money to survives and without money they died. No. We don't. Without God, we died. That's the truth and that's the ONLY thing that we cannot survives without. I am sure you can recall many bible verses about not to be greedy, how to love each other, abide in Him, etc. etc. That's what God wants us to focus on and not on our own ability, our own needs and wants our own rules and comforts. It is nothing about us, it is all about Him.
It is sad to see family, wealth, businesses are tarnished because only one man falls into the trap of greed and all because he is focusing on his own and not others.
I have to tell you that the consequences of greed will never give you a prosperous life and that's the truth.
- the consequences of greed -
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