The love of money

Do Christians have to live without money? Do we have to live in poverty in order to serve God? If you were anything like me you may have thought, "well the only way I could glorify God with my life is if I sell all the things I own and live in poverty." That was a mentality I had when I was younger, but as I got older and read the bible more and more I realized that that is not the plan of God for my life. HALLELUJAH!

In fact, God wants to prosper me and bless me. He is a creative God who has STOREHOUSES in heaven. More than we can fathom...He even has storehouses of water! Our God is not a God of lack but of abundant provision. In this blog I want to show you one way God looks at money.

1) Money is a tool, NOT a master.
Has someone ever told you that "money is the root of all evil?" and they quote you that bible verse 1 Timothy 6:10. But what you need to notice is that in that bible verse it actually says, "the LOVE of money is the root of all evil." THE LOVE OF MONEY, not money itself.


I look at money as a brick. You can use the brick to break a window, or you can use a brick to build a house. It is the same with money you can use it as a tool to build an orphanage or use it as a tool to build a strip club. In 1 Timothy 6:10 God is looking at the heart. Are you after money or are you after God? Are you motivated by love or greed? If you are motivated by money then you would do anything to get it, you may step on people to get it, you may kill for money. BUT if you keep your eyes on God Matthew 6:33 will happen to you. God says, "seek ye first the kingdom of GOd and ALL these things shall be added on to you," and money is one of those things.

Remember, money isn't a bad thing! But how you use it and how you attain it is what matters to God.

Keep an eye for the next blog as I will dig further into this topic!