Some believers have been fooled into thinking the LORD does not want His people to prosper financially and thus poverty becomes to them a badge of holiness. Automatic ridicule is then aimed at anyone who obtains a level of wealth above the amount they believe is reasonable. They believe those folks must have violated biblical principle because it does not lead people to high incomes or wealth accumulation.
This could not be further from the truth in scripture. God has spoken words of spiritual, emotional, physical, and financial prosperity for all His people and makes it available to each according to His will and calling for their lives. He simply does not want our pursuits to be based on the love of money. He wants each one to pursue the area of longing He put in his / her heart while realizing that He will make pathways, open, and close doors that bring him / her necessary income to live and live more abundantly as we engage good stewardship practices identified in the Word.
Simply being rich does not mean that a person has done anything to please God, but it is not automatically an identifier that he / she has not walked in a way that pleases Him. No matter how you came into wealth, right now He wants you to be as much about leading people to Him and letting your life express His glory and show that you are His friend as did Abraham, Jacob, Joseph, Ruth, King David, Isaiah, Esther, Joseph of Arimathea, Barnabas, Lydia, and the rich who were doing good works like those expressed in 1 Timothy chapter 6.
An import message He wants us to hide in our hearts, whether rich or poor, is that we should not be lazy because faith without works is dead and he who does not properly care for his household is worse than an infidel. Also, we should be content with our current state in terms of not complaining about it, yet faithfully working as unto the LORD to improve ourselves so we may also improve upon our ability to give and expand the Kingdom of God in Christ in the hearts of people on earth. For if they leave this life without Him as Savior & LORD there is no hope of eternal paradise for them and only a reality of outer darkness and torment forever.
When a bigger house, car, or better job is in your future, he simply wants it pursued and accomplished in a way that does not lead you away from intimacy with Him, that does not reduce your ability to tithe and give to your local church and other worthwhile ministry, and that is in line with your ability to handle the purchase of these things via net income, savings, and investments available to you without you lacking resources to continually and faithfully take care of obligations you committed yourself to and without winding up house, car, and relationship poor. Contentment comes into play in a great way in this regard. If you do not utilize it and recognize the LORD planted it in your spirit and wants it exercised in your actions, then you will fall for the worlds tools for bringing you down financially so you are unable to properly care for your calling, family, and Church. Massive marketing and advertisement that appeals to your flesh to get you to quickly pursue your desires is a major tool satan uses to get you to override contentment. Yet, all the things marketed are not evil or opposed by God. Those intended for you simply have a due time attached to them that meets the above noted specifications.
The LORD simply wants you to be content in His current provision for you while being a doer of the Word who lives out biblical principles that help you mature to be a son who can handle more of the treasures of His kingdom while you’re on earth. He doesn’t want you measuring your prosperity by the trinkets that other people possess nor sitting around, doing nothing, waiting for your death or His return. He wants to find you busy doing work that produces reasonable income and provides service He will be proud of because it positively affects family, Church, friends, neighbors, co-workers, etc.) and that allows you extra by which to prosper even more as the future moves forward. When you are willing and obedient you will have abundance of the land at your disposal.
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Luke 12:15, 1Timothy 6:6-11, Hebrews 10:35-36, Revelation 3:17-20
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