The Blessedness of Being Sanctified from the Love of Money
“He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? If you have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own? No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren’t able to serve God and Mammon.” The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him. He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.” (Luke 16:10-15 WEB)
The love of money is very dangerous. It makes you choose what you think is most profitable for you instead of what God wants in a particular situation.
A person who is blinded by greed cannot be led by God because he wants to chase the riches of the world.
If money becomes a god in your heart, it is an abomination.
The Holy Spirit is saying today, “Can I trust you to do what is in My heart?”
He is looking for those who want to be so sanctified in their walk, free from the love of money, who can be easily led by Him.
“constant friction of people of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. Withdraw yourself from such. But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we certainly can’t carry anything out. But having food and clothing, we will be content with that. But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows. But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness. Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.” (1 Timothy 6:5-12 WEB)
Do you know that God can still bless you with more than enough even when you don’t actively pursue riches?
Contentment does not mean being happy that God will cause you to remain poor and lacking. That is just having a bad opinion of God, believing that He does not generously take care of His children.
Contentment means not being concerned about all these material things, believing that God will surely take good care of you no matter what.
A contented Christian is thankful and at peace. Even when he prospers financially, his eyes are still fixed on Jesus and his heart values God’s wisdom and knowledge as the true treasures.
To a Christian who desires to please God, money is seen as a useful tool—a type of seed to sow love and goodness, to practically further God’s kingdom through the sharing of the Gospel of Jesus Christ here on earth.
One effective way to purify your heart from the love of money is to give your money away. Every time you give as led by the Holy Spirit, you learn to become emotionally detached from parting with money.
Then, the Holy Spirit will transform you from that phase to become a cheerful giver who loves to give. God is so gracious that He gives you more whenever you give. It literally pays to be generous.
“And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work. As it is written, “He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor. His righteousness remains forever.” Now may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness; you being enriched in everything to all liberality, which produces through us thanksgiving to God.” (2 Corinthians 9:8-11 WEB)
If you believe that God wants you to prosper in all things (3 John 1:2), and that He wants to give you a good future and a hope (Jeremiah 29:11), then following the Holy Spirit at all times is surely the most beneficial decision you can make.
When you choose to be led by the Spirit, trust that God will make all His grace abound towards you so that you have sufficiency in everything!
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Rags to Riches Because of the Grace of Generous Giving
““No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.” (Matthew 6:24 WEB)
If you are a born-again Christian, then Jesus is your Lord.
You know what that means? It means you belong to Him, and pledge to serve Him in whatever He asks of you.
When this is true, you can’t be serving money as another master.
God is not against us having money, if not the Scriptures wouldn’t say that He gives us power to get wealth and that He wants us to prosper in all things.
God wants you to be well-supplied with money, but money is supposed to be a tool that enables you to serve Jesus.
The moment you end up making decisions solely based on whether it suits your monetary interest, out of greed or stinginess, you have made Mammon your master.
If you serve Jesus, many times He will lead you to do things that aren’t going to make you any money.
In fact, the Holy Spirit may lead you to give money, time and effort.
This will be difficult to do if you’ve made money a master in your heart.
You’ll feel that tugging in your heart and end up hardening your heart in defiance.
However when you obediently serve Jesus by giving your resources to those He directs you to, He always adds much more back to you.
“Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.” (2 Corinthians 9:6-8 WEB)
This is the Biblical principle of sowing and reaping which is still for us today under Grace.
When you sow, you can expect a harvest. If you don’t sow, you have no basis to expect any harvest.
If you don’t give, you’re still saved, but you’re not going to be rich, because your reluctance to give shows your unbelief in Jesus. You need faith to receive God’s blessings.
Jesus’ finished work at the cross has prepared the fertile ground, enabling you to receive a good harvest when you sow by faith.
Sowing is the way God designed for His blessings of provision to be delivered to His children.
The world teaches you to be selfish and hoard wealth in order to get richer.
God’s way of financial increase is the opposite: the more you give cheerfully by faith, the more money is added to you, so that you can give even more.
Ask Abba God to grow you in this grace of giving—through generous giving, you will increase more and more.
It is a privilege to give and be one of God’s channels of blessings. Rich believers are generous givers.
What is generous? It is relative depending on your current financial situation.
But the idea is that you’re not being stingy and you’re not thinking about yourself.
A generous heart comes from a place of love, where you just want the recipient to be happy and blessed, to feel the love of Jesus.
Are you experiencing a financial famine? Pray for an opportunity to sow some financial seeds so that you will receive a bountiful harvest.
Eventually as you keep growing in this grace, you’ll reach that point as apostle Paul says where you’re ALWAYS sufficient in everything and able to abound in EVERY good work.
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