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| You can be holy with your money |
Yes, money can make you holier!
This can be a shock to some of you.
I’ve met people who say, “Earning too much money means I’ll not be pleasing to God anymore.”
I don’t agree.
I believe that if you handle money the way God wants you to handle money, and then it’ll draw you closer to Him.
There’s a big difference between sayings, “I
want to get rich for myself!” and “I want to earn more so I can bless
the world!”
The gulf between these two is astronomical.
One will give you peace. The other, misery.
The latter will give you wings for your
flight to Heaven. The former? A special necklace with a ten-ton
boulder as pendant.
Personally, I’ve made my choice a long time ago.
I want the wings!
I want to earn money and love God with every cent I have.
Because of these beliefs, for many years now, I give a lot of my income away, and have enormous joy doing so.
Friends, you have a choice.
You can let money make you evil and corrupt
and selfish and miserable. Or you can let money make you closer to God
and happy forever. As the Bible says, Now he who supplies seed to
the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of
seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. (2 Corinthians 9:10)
Work On Your Soul First—
And Later On, Your Money
Remember: If you’re spiritual and emotional
life can’t handle the financial blessing, it will destroy you. Because
your spiritual and emotional life is the basis for your financial life.
Why? I believe a healthy spiritual and
emotional life will make you faithful, loyal, humble, loving, honest,
and responsible—stuff you need for earning AND managing your money.
Let me tell you a story about my friend Sally
(You know this isn’t her real name.) For years, Sally was struggling
financially. Because she couldn’t keep a stable job. I remember she
even had to borrow money from me to attend our prayer meetings.
One day, Sally’s father was killed in an
accident at work—and his company was partly at fault. The company was
afraid of being sued and so gave my friend’s family millions in an
out-of-court settlement.
Sally was now awash with a sea of
money! From someone who had no transportation money to attend a prayer
meeting, she now drove a brand new car. Ironically, she stopped
attending the prayer meeting because she said she became too busy with
her “new” life.
But after two years, we were shocked to hear that Sally sold her car as all the money she had was now gone.
Soon, Sally went back to begging for transportation money so that she could attend our prayer meetings again.
Such a sad story.
What happened?
Sally’s spiritual and emotional life wasn’t ready for the amount of money she received.
I urge you: Work on your soul first—and later—your wallet.
Source: http://bosanchez.ph/let-money-make-you-holy/
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