WEALTH AND CONTENTMENT

TEXT: Hebrew 13:5

Fasting and Praying day 17

One day while traveling from Edo state to Aba, I met an older man who was talking about success and how we must strive to be wealthy by all means. As he was talking with zeal, I calmly turned to him and spoke. "Any money that's above our daily bread and necessities is made for others and not for us" as he wanted to argue someone by his side said sir please let him explain. I asked him in the house you built, how many percent of that house do you occupy at a moment and how many percent is occupied by families and relatives. Since you occupy less than 1% in the house and families and relatives might be occupying maybe 3 percent of the same house that's yours, it means you are not the main beneficiary of that house. And this goes for everything as long as it is more than your needs. When you know that others enjoy what you make as a rich person more than you, you must approach wealth with contentment and peace of mind. The best wealth you can get is wealth gotten from a place of contentment, it comes with no high blood pressure and criminality. People of this generation have this misconception that when you are not desperate for wealth then you don't like being wealthy. Desperation is a recipe for crime and other ungodly acts. In the bible verse above God asked us to be content with what we have with a promise that he will never leave us or forsake us. Take a breath and put God first, trust me Jesus won't let you down.

Prayer
Heavenly Father come and take the lead in my life. directing me to make wealth with peace for the benefits of the gospel and the kingdom.

Heavenly Father calm my restless spirit, and don't let the wealth of the world make me lose my peace for I trust you knows better than I do.

In Jesus mighty name Amen.