Please read “E1. Meaning to the Meaningless” before reading any of my other articles on Ecclesiastes.
Ecclesiastes 5:8-20

The writer of Ecclesiastes thought a lot about wealth. He wrote that whoever loves money never has enough. If you ask a man who loves money how much will be enough, he will not know, but he will know he needs more. He will never have enough to be satisfied, and he will never have enough to be happy.

It is a mistake to think that only the rich love money. You do not need to have something in order to love it. I knew a man who was always broke, but he loved money; he would lie and steal to get it. He was broke because he did not know what to do with it once he had it. He was both wicked and foolish.

The writer thought that the love of money was meaningless, he was wrong. The love of money means a great deal; and all of it is bad. It means you can never be in a right relationship with anyone as long as you love money more than you love him or her. You cannot be a righteous father if you love money more than you love your family. Giving your family money is never a substitute for giving them love.
You can never be right with God when you love money more. God is not willing to be part of a relationship that puts Him in second place. The love of money also means you can never be rich in God’s sight. God does not consider anybody as rich who does not have enough to share.

A Christian does not love material things, after all everything we have is God’s and we are simply God’s stewards. A Christian may be broke, but they are never poor. No matter how little they have, when there is a genuine need, they always have enough to share. If we love money, it is not meaningless; it means it is time for us to get right with God.