No dedicated servant of Jehovah can afford to ignore the pointed warning found at 1 Timothy 6:9, 10: “Those who are determined to be rich fall into temptation and a snare and many senseless and hurtful desires, which plunge men into destruction and ruin.

It is so easy to let the world’s materialistic thinking gradually change your definition of “success,” until you are no longer satisfied merely to provide for your family. Soon your definition of success can mean being bigger than your chief competitor, or even putting him out of business. Subtly, your good motives can be eroded and, perhaps without realizing it, you can become “determined to be rich.” Then you will have lost your spiritual balance.