In life, we must deal with desire versus need. In some instances, this can be equated with living in the spirit versus the flesh. In the spirit, we walk according to the Holy Spirit’s direction doing things that are fruitful throughout eternity. In the flesh, we walk according to the dictates of human reasoning with an appetite for ungodly pleasures and desires that disregard God’s will for our lives.
We all battle with walking in the spirit versus the flesh in the financial area as well. While working to put yourself in the position that God wants you to be in, you’ll battle the demons of desire that will attempt to shake your consistency and faithfulness in reducing current debts and not creating new ones.
It may be your flesh or demonic spirits or both attempting to influence you to purchase items that you should not purchase in your current financial condition. Either way, continuing to purchase such material goods and services when you have been a poor steward of the income God has allowed to come into your life will move you further away from the will of God. It will reduce your giving to spread the gospel and will bring harsh consequences to your life such as continuing financial stress and pressure, negating your ability to accumulate valuable assets, and build wealth, and pushing you into foreclosure, repossession, and bankruptcy.
Crucify the lusts of the flesh, bind and cast out demonic influence, be faithful to use biblical money management principles and methods that are pleasing to God and truly helpful to you such as tithing, budgeting, debt elimination, saving, investing, and diversification of assets. When you understand that you wrestle against false prophets that spew out financial advice that is opposite God’s word on good stewardship then you have a chance of not only prospering in all you do but also going about it in a God-honoring and God-pleasing manner.
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Ephesians 6:10-20, Jeremiah 28:15-17, Ezekiel 13:22-23, Luke 20:45-47, Hebrews 2:1-3, 2Peter 2
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