Is It Me or My Money?
Illustration★★★★John D. Rockefeller suffered from a common problem of the rich—wondering whether friends liked him for himself or for his money. John D. had few golfing partners because “I have made experiments, and nearly always the result is the same. Along about the ninth hole comes some proposition charitable or financial.”
–Daily Herald, 24 October 1988, sec. 1, p. 8.
John D. Rockefeller.
The point
Wealth creates uncertainty about whether friends value us for ourselves or our money; Rockefeller's dilemma is common among the rich.
Scripture
1 Timothy 6:10Proverbs 19:6
Audience
Adults
Tone
Cautionary · Humorous
To tell aloud
under a minute · 60 words