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I knew it the second I heard that his wife bailed him out of a car with a golf club. Yea Right … She was so mad she went chasing after him with a golf club.

Anyway, that is beside the point. What can we learn from this fiasco as Christians living in the last moments of earth’s history? Here are my 2 points.

1. Be Honest.

The whole world knew something was up from the get go. What is one of the richest men on earth doing at 2:30 in the morning driving away from his house. Anyone that gets in an accident in their neighborhood has bigger issues than just running to get milk. The lesson here is that honesty is best. The whole world knew something was up and he should have been honest from the get go. Any type of Deceit will catch up to us and will haunt us.

2. Be Content:

If you just take a few moments to look at the ‘elite’ or wealthy or rich of the world, you will see that they typically are not happy and are always seeking after more than they have. Wealth is a road that usually doesn’t lead anywhere good. As we look in the bible, there are so many characters with obscene amounts of wealth. We see Nebuchadnezzar, Solomon, Abraham, David, the Rich Young Ruler, Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimithea just to name a few wealthy men in the bible. The majority of these ended up seeking God with all of their heart but it was not an easy path along the way.

Their money or power led to circumstances that would not confront the majority of us. Anyone that has a lot of money or power or both is going to be faced with temptations that are very hard to withstand. The bible says that money is not the root of all evil but that “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs-1 Timothy 6:10

We can also see from the story of the Rich Young Ruler that he loved money. Tiger has recently hit over 1 Billion with a B in net worth and I am sad to say that that much money not well channeled with get to one’s head. We sometimes forget that though one is a RICH human, he or she is still human and still tempted by the same things.

I have to take the positive out of this story. Tiger is going to have to step back and get a reality check that though the world one day seems as your oyster, the next day it can come tumbling down. Thanksgiving Day, this man was on top of the world. Black Friday, he was crashing fast in more ways than one…

What if God in His mercy has allowed this man to come crashing down in order to get his attention. What?! We think God has forsaken Tiger Woods?! Let me remind you that the most powerful man on the earth, that worshipped the sun and himself, (that being Nebuchadnezzar) God sought after and eventually won Him. I will look forward to meeting King Neb in heaven as we bow at our Savior’s feet together.

It is easy to come to a point in one’s life just like Neb, where you say to yourself “is this not great Babylon that I have built” or in Tiger’s case-”What is beyond me? I am barnone, the greatest and most widely known athlete on the planet earth. I am rich, I have a beautiful family, I can have anything…

Sadly, the selfishness that the devil encourages in us will never be satisfied unless we find a Savior that can satisfy that eternal desire for more.

Learn from this and pray that God will fulfill His word’s that He will one day bring in the great men of the earth to His fold.

-Jared