Many people that earn or previously earned six figure or million dollar incomes actually live in poverty by God’s standards because they are not rich toward God in tithes and offerings, their eyes are solely and wholly focused on being rich at all costs, they disrespect and mistreat other people that are not at their supposed level, they oppress people that work for them, and/or they go into debt to live above their current income.
Many of them chase elusive get rich quick schemes sold by slick salespeople with glossy advertising. These propositions look good for a moment, but generally fizzle out shortly thereafter leaving the investors with a heap of worthless promises. Or, a slick salesperson, whose material lifestyle they covet, spends their investment money on his lifestyle thus stripping them of this money because they are not able to collect any of it even after the feds get involved (think Made-Off with your money).
Many others fall for day trading and multi-level marketing schemes that they are not able to grasp and do not have the skill to employ that rob them of valuable resources that could be used to slowly and steadily build their fortune. Many invest in businesses without godly motives and proper guidance and get caught in a web of bureaucratic red-tape, deceitful advertising, immoral employment practices, and family destroying work hours that will come back to haunt them in this life and/or the life to come.
Giving little to ministry work, people in need, and toward healthy family and friend relationships, they suffer many negative consequences that result in divorces, broken relationships with children, and lack of peace, joy, fulfillment, and eventual bankruptcy and foreclosure - thus stripping them of the material things they chased that were most important to them and of the things like relationship with the Lord, family, and friends that should have been most important to them.
All of these negative consequences can be overcome by setting the proper priority for your life by asking the Holy Spirit to reveal His purpose for your life on earth. Now set your goals to walk on that path and know (have faith) that God will provide all your need according to His riches in glory. Never let the pursuit of money, material things, power, or prestige separate you from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus. For His glory, simply employ biblical principles in the management of money and levels of influence He entrusts to you. After all, it does not profit a man to gain the whole world but lose his soul.
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Proverbs 22:7, Malachi 3:8-12, 1Timothy 6:9-10, James 5:1-6
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