Wealth Is Fleeting

“God gives a man wealth, possessions and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires, but God does not enable him to enjoy them, and a stranger enjoys them instead. This is meaningless, a grievous evil.” – Ecclesiastes 6:2

Mickey Carroll was only 19 years old and working as a refuse collector when he won a British jackpot that sent him into early adulthood with the equivalent of $11.8 million. Soon after winning the jackpot, Carroll stated he would not be tempted into spending his money lavishly and only wanted to buy a three-bedroom house near a lake, where he could go fishing. That did not happen.
The media dubbed him the “Lotto Lout” as the young winner tore through his newfound fortune with astonishing speed. Much of it went to drug-fueled partying, with the rest wasted on jewelry, cars and other materialistic excesses.

In 2016, he was earning a few hundred dollars a week working in a slaughterhouse. In 2021, he remarried his ex-wife, who had left him for cheating with prostitutes during his high-rolling heyday.
He wrote an autobiography entitled “Careful What You Wish For”.

Money is fleeting. We need to spend every valuable moment of life bringing glory to God.

“I will place no value on anything I have or may possess, except in relation to the kingdom of Christ.” – David Livingstone

“Moreover, when God gives any man wealth and possessions, and enables him to enjoy them, to accept his lot and be happy in his work–this is a gift of God.” – Ecclesiastes 5:19