day no. 14,540: the miser's wealth leads him to want more

Ecclesiastes 5:10
He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity. 

The miser's wealth leads him to want more wealth. This is the way our hearts operate and it's actually a good thing. Hear me out. The reason it often goes so terribly wrong is that we direct our hearts at inferior treasures. The principle takes over and we find ourselves wanting more and more of the things we hoard. It's not the principle that destroys, but the things at which we aim it. Those things, those people, that identity has an expiration date. They rust, decay, grow old, get exhausted, wear out, dry up, evaporate, dwindle, or numb. They cannot bear the weight of the principle. Our growing want eclipses their wherewithal. BUT, this same principle when applied to the inexhaustible God works for our good. The more of Him we hoard in our hearts, the more of Him we desire. But in His case, there is always more to be had. We can never wring out all there is of Him. He never dries up. He never tires. His treasures are inexhaustible. He cannot go bankrupt. He is forever full regardless of how much of Him we withdraw. He is an everlasting treasure and our hearts follow what we value. If we treasure Him, we will have Him and we will never be dissatisfied. The principle when applied to Him works in the opposite direction of what see in Ecclesiastes 5:10. We are satisfied and our lives are eternal and meaningful for the breadth of our horizons to the height of the heavens to the depths of our souls.