Do not toil to acquire wealth; be discerning enough to desist. (Prov 23:4)

Many years ago, while working as an engineer, I turned down a job that was offering 50% more than I was making at the time. After praying (and struggling) about it for a few days, I turned it down. In hindsight, it was one of the wisest decisions I ever made.

Mark 8:36 warns, For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? Watch this tragic biopic of Steve Jobs, the man who gained the world yet sadly sold his soul. Jobs treated people like commodities that were there for his personal gain. He treated virtually everyone terribly. He often initially rejected the ideas of others and then later claimed them as his own – an indication of his ethics & worldview. There is no doubt that Jobs was brilliant and made an indelible impact on the world. But in the process, he sold his soul. Jobs denied his daughter For years, leaving her wondering ‘Was I An Ugly Baby?’ After a state-forced paternity test, Jobs infamously said, ‘28% of the male population of the United States could be the father.’ Jobs was rewarded with a $45 million Gulfstream jet for bringing back Apple from the verge of bankruptcy. The perfectionist, along with Apple designer Jony Ive spent a year customizing the airplane and even replaced the steel buttons with brushed metal ones. Steve Jobs had a net worth of $10.2 billion at the time of his death in 2011 . . . all of which was meaningless in the afterlife. As one the commentors to the video wrote, “He may have been a billionaire, but his soul was bankrupt.”