Be In The Middle Of This!
"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."
1 Timothy 6:17
One of the most sensible prayers in the Bible is
Proverbs 30:8-9: “Give me neither poverty
nor
riches, feed me with the food allotted to me;
lest I be full and deny You, and say, ‘Who is the
Lord?’ Or lest I be poor
and steal, and profane
the name of my
God.”
God does bestow wealth on some of His servants, and their
generosity has financed many of the great ministries that have
changed the world. And God allows some of His people live in
humility, and their selflessness has changed the lives of many
people. Prosperity is no indication of righteousness, poverty is
not necessarily a virtue. The important thing is maintaining the
absolute Lordship of Christ over our life, including our money
and possessions. The Bible warns, “But those who desire to
be rich fall into temptation and a snare... For the love of
money is a root of all kinds of evil” (1 Timothy
6:9-10).
Whether rich or poor—or somewhere in the
blessed in-between—let Christ be Lord of all.
"Having, First, gained all you can, and,
Secondly saved all you can, Then give
all you can."
John Wesley
