Comments on: Does God want Us to be Rich? http://graceforgrace.com/2009/10/30/does-god-want-us-to-be-rich/ Developing spirituality line upon line Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:11:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: ama49 http://graceforgrace.com/2009/10/30/does-god-want-us-to-be-rich/#comment-1876 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:24:10 +0000 http://graceforgrace.com/?p=485#comment-1876 Hi John,

What we’re talking about here is using the money God blesses us with to give Him the glory by acknowledging His hand giving it to us (whatever amount he sees fit to give us) and also using that money as God would have us use it by blessing others.

I’d like to have more input from you than just one sentence. Maybe you can elaborate on what you mean exactly.

]]> By: john http://graceforgrace.com/2009/10/30/does-god-want-us-to-be-rich/#comment-1875 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:55:31 +0000 http://graceforgrace.com/?p=485#comment-1875 Once we begin equating wealth with righteousness, we are in the same boat as the televangelists.

]]> By: ama49 http://graceforgrace.com/2009/10/30/does-god-want-us-to-be-rich/#comment-1874 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:16:21 +0000 http://graceforgrace.com/?p=485#comment-1874 Ezra,

Thanks for the compliments and encouragement. Faith isn’t always easy, but once we take the step God surely works wonders in our behalf!

]]> By: ama49 http://graceforgrace.com/2009/10/30/does-god-want-us-to-be-rich/#comment-1873 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:15:12 +0000 http://graceforgrace.com/?p=485#comment-1873 Hi Zena,

You bring up a good point. “Rich” is relative to each individual and as the Book of Mormon scripture that I quoted indicates, God will bless us according to our desires and righteousness. Regardless of what we consider “wealth” to be, we need to realize that God is first and the giver of everything.

]]> By: ezra http://graceforgrace.com/2009/10/30/does-god-want-us-to-be-rich/#comment-1872 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:54:40 +0000 http://graceforgrace.com/?p=485#comment-1872 Excellent testimony, Ama.

It does become a matter of faith. Your faith led you to make that decision. You prayed God would bless your action.

Your fear was that sales would sag or diminish–and along with that your family’s life would suffer. You feared God more than you feared the cancellations. Excellent.

Martin Luther commented on this, noting the First commandment calls us to have no other God before me. His explanation of that commandment:

We should fear, love, and trust in God above all things.

Jesus admits that people seek many other things –and they are rewarded in this life. They receive their reward in full in this life. But not in the life to come.

Therefore live your life fully focused on God’s love, trusting in him, believing the Word and the forgiveness God pronounces in the name of his only Son, Jesus Christ. God will bless you now–in this life, even in the midst of persecutions!–and also in the life to come.

Fully blessed by him, we are enabled to be a blessing for others: forgiving, sustaining, embracing…

in Jesus’ name,
Ezra

]]> By: Zena http://graceforgrace.com/2009/10/30/does-god-want-us-to-be-rich/#comment-1871 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:52:45 +0000 http://graceforgrace.com/?p=485#comment-1871 “How are we to help other people if our own houses are not in order and if we don’t have means to take care of ourselves and our families?” My house being in order does mean I am “rich,” even “prosperous,” and definitely not “wealthy.” Is prosperity considered a roof over my head, a floor perhaps or just simply something which shelters me, the area in which I find privacy and/or nourishment and rest? I live in pretty humble circumstances and I find my life a LOT more ordered with a minimum of responsibilities. My same point is with “the means” to take care of myself and my family. This doesnt mean relying on the arm of flesh tho we have to maintain our living “in the world.” If Jesus wanted to prove this point Himself, He would have been rich on earth. In this argument, it might appear being poor is more difficult in which to actually maintain “humility.” I dont really know if Jesus was considered “poor” (as a peer group). For example, the simple circumstances of His birth was “no worse” than going into labor while on a trip away from home. The barn or cave was not uncommon for the vast throng of people in the dictates of the government, the humiliation was (probably) more in being under foreign rule than in the choice to deliver “hippie” style, I shall say. Am I entitled? the essence of pride. “Should” I be rich or compared to someone who isnt? or doesnt want to be, or is perfectly content with not only their “lot” but may perhaps find it possible to acquire a great amount of “order” in their lives which is then cast to the winds of “others?” This is not the significance of being rich – so nobody knows it. Is it mandatory to be credited with all this “order” bestowed upon others? I think I’m being ridiculous, now. Jesus Himself is meek, lowly of heart and –lets face it, not ambitious in the world.

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