At the urging of my good friend Ron Wood, I have been reading Good to Great by Jim Collins and Lasting Investments by Kent Humphreys recently. Joshua 1:8 (TMB) reads “And don’t for a minute let this Book of The Revelation be out of mind. Ponder and meditate on it day and night, making sure you practice everything written in it. Then you’ll get where you’re going; then you’ll succeed.”

Often , it is easy to equate money with success. Although money is good and necessary, it’s pursuit can become all-consuming. I Timothy 63-10 (TMB) instructs, “3If you have leaders there who teach otherwise, who refuse the solid words of our Master Jesus and this godly instruction, 4tag them for what they are: ignorant windbags who infect the air with germs of envy, controversy, bad-mouthing, suspicious rumors. 5Eventually there’s an epidemic of backstabbing, and truth is but a distant memory. They think religion is a way to make a fast buck.
6A devout life does bring wealth, but it’s the rich simplicity of being yourself before Yahweh. 7Since we entered the world penniless and will leave it penniless, 8if we have bread on the table and shoes on our feet, that’s enough.
9But if it’s only money these leaders are after, they’ll self-destruct in no time. 10Lust for money brings trouble and nothing but trouble. Going down that path, some lose their footing in the faith completely and live to regret it bitterly ever after.”

My desire is to live a life that honors my God and to teach others how to prosper by serving. Money should not rule our lives. On the contrary, our lives should dictate how our money is used. If money is used to serve us as we serve the Kingdom of Yahweh, we will always have enough.