Andy Crouch on Power and Possessions

Great article by Andy Crouch in CT about money and possessions. I like this line: “Possessions and power are instruments of blindness. They endanger our very souls. The only safe thing to do with them is to forsake them, to put them beyond use, beyond the reach of our foolish dreams.”

Really true. I’ve said this before, but the danger of possessions is security, I think. The idea that if we need just a certain amount, enough to feel secure. I hear Christians say this a lot, that they don’t want to be rich, they just want to be secure. But that’s the heart of the sin, if we ever find security in anything other than Jesus. What I think, at least.