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• children’s game reminds us of life’s timings /
seasons
• eternal matters most important: pleasures, troubles
don’t last
• Prophet Elisha refuses to accept healed man’s
gift: totally God’s grace
• God sovereign, not at our disposal or like a
vending machine
• Christ’s agents to give as freely as have received;
not be covetous or greedy
• NT definition of “great gain”: godliness with
contentment
• servant Gehazi fabricates lie to take advantage
of Naaman’s generosity
• lotteries tempt us to visualize all we could buy IF
we won
• Bible’s consistent message: don’t covet, serve
Mammon, love money
• repercussions of Gehazi’s greed: cast shadow on
Elisha’s reputation, God’s grace
• other Bible characters afflicted by greed: Balaam,
Achan, Ahab, Judas, Ananias & Sapphira
• pockets filled with gold a liability
• servant’s subterfuge useless against prophet’s
powerful perception
• when God asks questions, it’s not to find out
information!
• not the time / season to be preoccupied with
momentary material matters
• seek first God’s kingdom & righteousness