One may find that usually, they have much to be thankful for; a well paying job, and all needs met on time. Still, sometimes it gets so hard; school fees are due/ medical bills are piling up/ wedding plans spiral out of control and end up costing more than expected/ insert other cash flow problem…. But money answers everything (Ecclesiastes 10.19). Right?
Well, the Bible has much, much more to say on the topic of Money. The following are a few verses worth considering:
He owns it all…
Psalms 50.10 For every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills.
… so honour Him with it
Proverbs 3:9 Honour the Lord with thy possessions, and with the firstfruits of all your increase;
Malachi 3.10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house, and try Me now in this,’ says the Lord of hosts, ‘if I will not open for you the windows of heaven, and pour out for you such blessing, that there will not be room enough to receive it.
He wants you to enjoy it
Ecclesiastes 5.19 AMP Also, every man to whom God has given riches and possessions, He has also given the power and ability to enjoy them and to receive [this as] his [allotted] portion and to rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God [to him].
But be honest in your dealings
Psalm 37.21 The wicked borrows and does not repay, but the righteous shows mercy and gives. Proverbs 13.11 Wealth gained by dishonesty will be diminished, But he that gathers by labour will increase.
Don’t rush or overwork to get it
Proverbs 23.4 KJV Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. Proverbs 28.20 KJV … But he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
And borrowing is not a wise idea either
Proverbs 22.7 … and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Make sure that you pay your taxes
Matthew 22.21 Then He said to them, “Therefore give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
Don’t fall in love with it, or think you’re something if you have it
Matthew 6.19-20 Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.
Matthew 6.24 No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
1 Timothy 6.10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil….
1 Timothy 6.17 Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy.
Luke12.15 NLT Then he said, “Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own.”
Consider those in need
Proverbs 19.17 He who has pity upon the poor lends to the Lord, and He will pay back what he has given. Matthew 5.42 Give to him who asks you, and from him who wants to borrow from you do not turn away.
And leave some for the kids- and the grandkids!
Proverbs 13.22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children; But the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.