No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money. (Matthew 6:24)
On the heels of my post about the misery brought into the life of a WV businessman by winning the lottery, I will mention the plight of another person who received a massive financial windfall. This case was brought to my attention by my children, both of whom at one time were avid fans of the game Minecraft.
Markus Persson, known as “Notch”, was the creative genius behind Minecraft. In 2014 the 36 year old sold his company to Microsoft for $2.5 billion.
Subsequently, Persson made some honest observations about wealth and loneliness. Despite “being able to do anything I want, I’ve never felt more isolated.”
In a series of tweets posted on Saturday, Persson exposed his feelings. Raw and deeply melancholy, they reveal that money truly isn’t everything — at least for him.
He began: “The problem with getting everything is you run out of reasons to keep trying, and human interaction becomes impossible due to imbalance.”
The author of the CNET article, Chris Matyszczyk, made the astute observation that “all the money in the world doesn’t actually buy anything other than things and more things.”
Regarding Mr. Persson’s current state of spiritual or emotional well-being, I know nothing more than what was revealed in this fairly old (2014) article. I certainly hope that things have improved for him.
His situation punctuates the fact that we humans often find ourselves with a deep spiritual hole at the center of our lives, which money can’t fill. We here at this site believe that God can do so.
Source: “Billionaire Who Sold Minecraft is Sad and Lonely”, available online at CNET.