We read in Holy Scripture that: " They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him." (Psalm 49:6-7). America is perceived as a material world of which money and power most definitely are highly effective to those that are able to utilize these knowingly. While, no doubt, there is a certain satisfaction in seeing money applied so as to relieve someone else from a particular debt or a difficult legal situation, signifying that money in of itself has value here on earth, it does not reach, however, beyond it. This means, that no matter the power or riches that you have been gifted with, and/or the influence that you are able to display in this material form through this wealth, your wealth ends, when you or your beneficiaries come face-to-face with God at your respective judgments.
You cannot buy God, while that seems rather obvious to most, the lives that people live on a day-to-day basis belies this common sense knowledge. For far too many people, that are used to seeing that their influence, their power, their money, or their knowledge, in conjunction with other attributes are able to change the course of events, believe that in themselves, that such power as this, can be called upon at any time for any situation, but it cannot.
The purpose of this above psalm is to remind each and every one of us that the true treasure that we earn in this world, will be with us upon our physical demise, so that it can be said, that in this world, although your reach may indeed be far and secure, beyond it though, your power is meaningless, without form and void. God does not now or has ever been impressed with material wealth, especially with those that have determined by their actions and their mindset that the god that they will truly serve is the god of mammon.
The main problem with wealth is that so often it distorts one's view of the world, mainly because wealth is able to apparently resolve or ameliorate so many problems in this life, so that it may then appear that wealth is the answer to everything when in fact, it's never the answer, it is at best, a sidestep. However, those that take the bread of life, and bless that bread with the foreknowledge of He who is the benefactor of life, will discover that those loaves have often multiplied so as to provide an easing of the yoke that so many are burdened with, a continual blessing for those of the true faith.
Do not waste your precious time in the pursuit of material gain, as that is the illusion sold to you by the opposition, perhaps playing on your fear, or on your belief in the false security that money will provide all that you may ever need, but instead acknowledge that those that pursue God with an unending passion, have gain all, and drink of the living water that refreshes the soul and has no beginning and no end.