Daniel Im

Pastor + Author

Soul Craving

is money evil?

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“Money is the root of all evil” – we’ve all heard it before, but is it true?

We can’t live without money, but too much money can consume us and change us.

We think money can buy us and bring us everything that we want, but is it true? John D. Rockefeller after making millions of dollars admitted, “I have made millions, but they have brought me no happiness.”

Deep within us, all of us want to be loved – it’s a natural human craving. No one is born with an innate craving for money. Babies and children don’t even understand the concept of money! What we are born with is an innate craving for love and acceptance.

However, when our innate craving for love and acceptance isn’t met, especially as adolescents and adults, money enters the scene. Money is the love and acceptance of our culture. We use money to buy ourselves love. We use money to buy ourselves acceptance.

Therefore, perhaps the reason all of us want excess money is because deep down inside of us, we are all craving for love and acceptance.

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a breathing portrait

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I just came back from an amazing and encouraging time at my small group. We are studying Erwin McManus’ Soul Cravings, and as we were talking about destiny and our dreams for the future, a breathing portrait entered my mind. Here is my attempt to paint it out for you:

…God smiles and looks at us with excitement…

He extends his hand towards us as he begins to run,

although we reach out and grab hold of his hand,

we pull back and attempt to slow him down.

“How can we leave now?” we ask God, “what about all of our responsibilities and commitments?”

…God smiles and looks at us with excitement…

God motions to run with us, but we pull back and refuse, saying,

“Are you sure we are going the right way? I see so many people going that other way! They must be right.”

…God smiles and looks at us with excitement…

He reassures us that there is nothing to worry about and that we should trust him.

As he begins to run with us again, we hold back and say,

“Can we go tomorrow?


Here is my question for you:

If you have committed to follow God, are you really trusting him with everything? Are you running? Or are you still stretching, hoping that no one realizes you are just stalling time?