Proverbs 1 Such is the end of all who go

Proverbs 1
Such is the end of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the lives of those who get it. v19

Chun Doo-hwan, South Korea’s last dictator now lives in a mansion protected by 15 foot stone walls and a plainclothes security team. Having being convicted in the 1990s for mutiny, insurrection and bribery he is now living out his days trapped and his family are still being pursued for the $200million their father took in bribes whilst in office.
Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentina’s former dictator who once said, “I am above everyone,” died May 2013 unrepentant behind bars.
Charles Taylor, ruler of Liberia from 1997 to 2003 was tried at The Hague for aiding and abetting war crimes against humanity. In 2012 he began his 50 year prison sentence.
You may know all these 3 leaders from the media or none. However, you do know people who have gone after ill-gotten gain. You also know what the Message translates of these people, “the more you get, the less you are.”
In the end it is the dictator that will suffer and their family. It is the erroneous leader who will face an end to their life they had never wanted. Those who grab at things that are not theirs will have it taken from them. Those who cut corners to advance themselves will face the longest journey. Those who cause others to suffer will embrace suffering into their own family.
Just because someone appears to have it all doesn’t make them the person of value. Just because someone appears untouchable doesn’t mean they are not already imprisoned. Just because someone has the public respect of many doesn’t mean they will be standing with them in the end.
Friends, the end will sort it. Life is about what glitters and shines in the end. The journey of life polishes your heart for the end verdict. The decisions you have made, the paths you have taken, how you gained and what you did with that gain. These are what make you.