When people hear the two words God and Money together they will more often think of a fight like God vs Money instead of a partnership. Many people believe that God doesn’t want us to have money, and that in order to become a Christian and have a relationship with God we will have to lose all our money and become a missionary in Africa. This is so far from the truth.
God and money go hand in hand. God wants us to be prosperous and to enjoy life and he knows we need money to do that, also to add to that God wants us to make a positive difference in the world and he also knows that we need money on order to accomplish that task.
The idea that God hates money is definitely not based on what the bible says. It is based upon a religious mindset that requires people to set down and follow stupid laws in order to have a relationship with God. However, this is not the case. The bible clearly states that relationship with God is not about rules and regulations and the rule that you must be poor in order to go to heaven is made up.
God wants you to be prosperous and to live a long and happy life and make a positive impact on your community. The bible says “The love of money is the root of all evil” not money itself but the love and worship of money is the root of all evil. Because the love of money is selfish it neglects righteousness and all other forms of good.
A friend of mine is a missionary in Cambodia and she has seen and heard the most horrible things. In Cambodia their nation is corrupted with the love of money. Girls are sold into sex slavery before they are even teenagers just so people can earn money and literally people will steal babies, kill them, cut them open and rip out their guts in order to stash drugs inside the baby. Then they will smuggle drugs pretending that the baby is asleep. The love of money is dangerous, but money can be used well also.
With God on your side he can help you earn a lot of money. He can bring riches and prosperity your way like you never would have imagined. I know that he is bringing riches and prosperity my way because I know and love God.
So how can you get God on your side when it comes to wealth?
1. Have a relationship with Him – God wants you to have a normal relationship with him, not a religious duty to him. He died so we can have relationship, so we need to have it by talking to him and asking him for help etc.
2. Be Generous – It is biblical that as your give it will be given back to you. I gave a large offering to my youth ministry in the beginning of 2007 and I believe that it will come back to me in income this year. In fact I am believing to be able to give 10 times in the offering next year that I did this year.
Give your first 10% to God, be generous to people and God will reward you with wealth coming back to you.
3. Create Wealth Righteously – When making money and creating wealth do it in a way in which it benefits both you and those who you are working with/selling to. In other words just don’t rip people off. Enlightened millionaires seek to make deals which create win-win situations for both parties in the deal, not win lose situations where they win out but the other people lose out.
4. Pray For God’s Provision – Many people think they can’t ask God for money because that is a vain thing to ask. Then I would like to question why do you want the money? I want God to increase my finances so I can make a positive impact on the world and I believe that God will honour that and bring wealth and customers into my life. If you have never prayed for wealth then you should start praying for it.
5. Have Faith – The bible says that without faith it is impossible to please God. So have faith in God. Have faith that he will come through on his promise, that he will provide for you when you need it and that he will do what you prayed for.
6. Have Action – The bible also says that faith without action is dead, so have faith that you can action out. Believe God to bring customers to you but then set up a website that will drive customers to you and will make sales, don’t just have faith and do nothing because then I would question if it is even faith at all.
