Be Still And Know

1 Timothy 6:17 'Teach those who are rich in this world not to be proud and not to trust in their money, which is so unreliable. Their trust should be in God, who richly gives us all we need for our enjoyment.' If you look at the world’s stock markets over the past century you will know exactly what the apostle Paul meant! Money is completely unreliable. The 1920s were a time of huge economic expansion. Known as the Roaring Twenties, they saw the advance of many technological innovations including radio, the automobile, aviation and the telephone. But the growth was unsustainable and, in the great crash of 1929, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 40 percent of its value, leading to the deep economic depression of the 1930s. It caused incredible misery for millions of people. More recently, the crashes of 1987 and 2008 saw massive losses on stock markets around the world, with huge implications for the global economy. Paul wasn’t telling his friend Timothy that it was wrong to have money, but simply