4 qualifications to make as much money as you can…

scripture says you can make as much money as you can in your life as long as you meet these four qualifications.

1.  as long as it doesn’t hurt your own health.   some people literally work themselves to death.  they amass a personal fortune and then have a heart attack.  scripture teaches that health must always take priority over wealth.  proverbs 23.4 (niv), do not wear yourselves out to get rich.  have the wisdom to show restraint.  there are so many people working themselves to death trying to afford things that really we don’t need.  don’t wear yourself out trying to get rich.  health must take a priority over wealth. 

2.  as long as it doesn’t hurt my family.  how many homes have fallen apart because kids are being ignored while parents are too busy making money to buy things for their kids?  i discovered early on that what my kids wanted was not so much things but me.  they just wanted me to spend time with them.  they’d rather have my time that anything i could afford.  we get so busy making a living that we forget to have a life.

3.  as long as it doesn’t hurt other people.  this is the exact opposite of the world’s view which says, it’s a dog eat dog world, get all you can get.  GOD demands that we make money honestly and fairly.  proverbs 22.20 (niv), a fortune can be made from cheating but there’s a curse that goes with it.  we are going to reap what we sow.  proverbs 16.8 (niv), it’s better to have a little, honestly earned than a large income dishonestly gained.

4.  as long as i keep my SPIRITual life on the same level.  the principle of balance.  as long as my spiritual growth is progressing at the level as my financial prosperity, go ahead and make what you can.  3 john 2 (niv), beloved i wish that you may prosper and be in health even as your soul prospers.  john says i pray that GOD will bless you financially as you are blessed SPIRITually.  i pray that you will prosper as much financially as you prosper SPIRITually.  GOD wants us to be in balance.  if my income and your income were at the same degree as your walk with the LORD would you be a millionaire or a pauper or somewhere in between.  there must be a balance.

GOD says if you’re going to set financial goals, you need to set SPIRITual ones too.  set some relational goals.  if all you do is set financial goals then you are out of balance and GOD says it’s wrong.

just a thought from the front porch…