Money Doesn’t
Define Character
IT Reveals IT

Money — and our view of it, — touches every part of life, but it is our attitude and use of it that says a lot about our character.

While we do indeed plan and work hard for what we earn, Deuteronomy 8:18 says “It is God who gives the ability to produce wealth.” Just like the next breath we take, or the next beat of our heart, life is a gift and so is the grace and provisions God bestows upon us. These can change at anytime and our attitude about both is important, as well as very revealing about who we are.

Some that have acquired great wealth live their lives without a single clue that God is the One who is the provider or that He is even in the picture! It’s as though the only thing that matters is how much money is in their bank account and how much more they can buy or own. In their mind their money — and the power and status that it gives them — defines who they are.

Does this mean that it’s wrong to work hard to become wealthy? Absolutely not! God wants us to have money to meet our needs, even to over-flowing, but when the focus turns into getting more and more, greed can set in. More often than not great wealth hinders and not helps people’s characters.

Greed is the selfish, intense desire for anything, particularly money, status and wealth. It puts self ahead of others and as Jesus said in 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 (i.e. money).”

1 Timothy 6:9-10 also warns us that “Those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.”

There is a simple prescription for avoiding the snare of greed and it comes down to living life by the guidelines in the Bible which speak to us about being good stewards of our money and unselfishly using it to help others. While we CAN enjoy the fruit and blessings of our labor, when you live by Godly principles, your character will be intact and approved by God and you will not have the need to be approved by others by showing off how wealthy you are. Perhaps best of all you will have peace inside of your life about yourself and how you live it, not based on your EARNINGS STATEMENT but your EARNEST STATEMENT.

What STATEMENT are you making in your life?

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