11 - Good money management begins with
Rooting out the Spiritual Disease of Worshipping Worldly Riches
Luke 16:13
13 "No servant can serve two masters.
The servant will hate one master and love the other,
or will follow one master and refuse to follow the other.
You cannot serve both God and worldly riches."
(The Holy Bible : New Century Version)
There is nothing wrong with having worldly riches. But a problem can arise if Worldly Riches become an idol in our heart and they begin to have us instead of us having them.
The problem with worshipping Worldly Riches is that I set things in motion for my descendants to become beggars:
This is what the Prophet David observed:
Psalms 37:25
I have been young and now I am old.
And in all my years I have never seen the Lord forsake a man who loves him;
nor have I seen the children of the godly go hungry.
(The Living Bible)
David's son, Solomon was the richest man in the world at the time he lived.
This is what he had to say:
Proverbs 28:
19 A hard worker has plenty of food,
but a person who chases fantasies ends up in poverty.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation ®, copyright © 1996, 2004 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
Proverbs 28:
22 Greedy people try to get rich quick
but don't realize they're headed for poverty.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation ®, copyright © 1996, 2004 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
Proverbs 13:
18 If you ignore criticism, you will end in poverty and disgrace;
if you accept correction, you will be honored.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation ®, copyright © 1996, 2004 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
Proverbs 11:
24 There is one who scatters, yet increases more;
And there is one who withholds more than is right,
But it leads to poverty.
25 The generous soul will be made rich,
And he who waters will also be watered himself.
NKJV
Prayer:
Father, please rescue me from loving Worldly Riches,
in Jesus' name,
Amen. |
