In this article, i want to state some biblical points on how to control and overcome your love for money. I have earlier written an article titled, "The danger of the love of money"http://www.christianityupdate.com/blog/love-of-money/. Before i proceed to present my points, let me state and comment a little bit on these 2 important Bible passages.

Genesis. 47:15

“And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? For the money faileth”.

Many marriages have crashes because money has failed.

Many friendships has broken because money failed

Children no longer respect and honour their parents because money has failed in the family.

Many ministers has left the ministry because money has failed.

Many people are frustrated in life because money has failed.

When money failed…. I want to inform everyone that a time will (must) come when money will fail in our lives. As we all know, money can buy bed but not sleep. Money can food but not appetite. Money can make you have a girlfriend but money cannot buy true love

Permit me to ask this question. If your priorities and attentions are placed on money, what will be your hope when money fails?

Billionaires are dying of sicknesses that a simple prayer of faith could have healed. Yet their money could not save them

Proverbs 23:4-5

“Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven”.

Money is part of the meat that perish which Jesus admonished us not to labor for. If money does not fail then it will vanish

Check your neighborhood you will find some men who were extremely well to do but currently they beg for daily bread. They make their living out of so much difficulty. Oh, how the money vanished.

May we not love things that will vanish and fail more than things of eternal value. May we not be guilty of having the love of money in our live.

Having said all these, I therefore recommend these few things

Be a God chaser not money chaser

The greatest event in your life will be to die and resurrect at the feet of Jesus. If you gather all the money in the world, a dime will not leave this planet with you at death. If you think it’s a lie ask Michael Jackson, Paul Allen and Steve jobs. If we so have the love of money, what will be of the money when we are no more. At the point of death, it will never matter if or not we had money while we were yet in this world. If hell is our final destination, all the money in this world will never pull a soul out of it. All the money in this world are nothing to bribe our ways into heaven.

Lay up your treasure in heaven

Remember that where your treasure is, there your heart will be. Our billionaires face series of shocks when there is a little drop in the stock market because it will affect their net worth. But nothing moves a man whose treasures are fixed in heaven. Also bear it in mind that the richer you become the more your kidnapping value increases. Meaning that rich men are not secured

As your soul prosper

Our brother John prayed that we prosper as our soul prospers. This means that the prosperity of our soul is more important. As a Christian, your bank account should never prosper more than your soul

Seek God

2Chr 26:5 “And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper”. As long as we seek God, God will keep prospering us

Be content with what you have

I pity billionaires because at the point of death many people whom they do not know will inherit their wealth. A story was told of one of the richest men in china who at the point of death was worth $1.9B. After his death, his widowed wife married his driver who in turn inherited all his boss wealth. So he said, “I thought I was working for my boss but I just found out that my boss was the one working for me”. In my discretion, a rich man is someone who can foot his financial needs at all-time whether he has large savings in the bank or not

Live in obedience to God’s word

Deut 28:1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: 28:2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.

If you have studied your bible closely, you will find out that every promise of God has an accompanying conditions or commandment. Hence the surest way of getting those blessings is by obeying God

In conclusion, God still blesses people but do not run faster than God. There has never been a man who ran faster than God and ended well. You will not be the first if you try it. Therefore allow things to fall into place as God has planned it

Thanks and God bless.
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