“Had you invested $10,000 in Wal-Mart in 1975, you’d be sitting on $25 million today.”
I find in myself the tendency to go to the extremes: either to love money too much or to have a pauper mentality. (The latter happens after I find out how fleeting and distressing chasing after money is. Then I feel like it’s all useless and that I should become a monk or join the Omish).
It’s in times like that when I need scripture to keep me balanced. Money is not intrinsically evil. The Bible tells us to save money. Money can be a great tool for the gospel. Imagine what the church could do if Christians tithed? At the same time, the love of money can easily become an idol. I can lose the joy I have in Christ if I do not keep Him as my treasure.
Now there is great gain in godliness with contentment, for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world. But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content. But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs. – 1 Timothy 6:6-10
Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death. – Proverbs 11:4
Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.- Colosians 3:23
Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it. – Proverbs 13:11
Do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on… your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God. – Matthew 6
