Don’t Believe The Lie

I hope that you have not fallen for the teaching that God wants every Christian to be financially wealthy/rich. This comes in many forms but the bottom line is that God never promised that every Christian, or even most, would be rich. In contrast He promises that He will provide all our needs (Matthew 6:31—33), that it is hard for a rich person to enter into the Kingdom of God (Mark 10:23, 25), that we will suffer for His name (Philippians 1:29), that He will never leave us nor forsake us (Matthew 28:20), but there is no promise or measure of our spiritual growth being tied to the growth of our wealth.

An important truth that we must never forget is that the greatest need in any person’s life is not more money but a thankful perspective on what they already have (“contentment”—Hebrews 13:5) and a healthy ambition to achieve and progress in life (Proverbs 22:29). As we’ve noted, the danger of wealth and possessions is that they can deceive us into believing that our sense of significance and security comes from these things and not from God—“ Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said,

‘ I WILL NEVER DESERT YOU, NOR WILL I EVER FORSAKE YOU,’ so that we confidently say, ‘ THE LORD IS MY HELPER, I WILL NOT BE AFRAID. WHAT WILL MAN DO TO ME?’  (Hebrews 13:5—6).

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A Church Family where the Triangle will see, hear, & touch the diversity of God’s grace.