Wealth

Deuteronomy 8:1-9




Every commandment which I command you today you must be careful to observe, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land of which the Lord swore to your fathers. ² And you shall remember that the Lord your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. ³ So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord. ⁴ Your garments did not wear out on you, nor did your foot swell these forty years. ⁵ You should know in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so the Lord your God chastens you.
⁶ “Therefore you shall keep the commandments of the Lord your God, to walk in His ways and to fear Him. ⁷ For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, that flow out of valleys and hills; ⁸ a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey; ⁹ a land in which you will eat bread without scarcity, in which you will lack nothing; a land whose stones are iron and out of whose hills you can dig copper. 


Everybody wants to become wealthy.  On the other hand, no one wants to abide by the rules to obtain it.  We are on God's earth and He made a promise to our forefathers to give us an inheritance.  Possess the lands God wants us to do, but only through His word and promises.  Our spirits are mount up in anger today, because we are trying to possess land, people, and riches of all sorts to gain peace of mind.  However, God has spoken words over His universe to bless us and curse us.  We are to adhere to His every spoken word to achieve life and life more abundantly.  Those of us who are following God with all our heart, know we must humble to the King to receive any blessings.  We're aware that God tests and tries the minds and hearts of His children who love Him.  That we might be of benefit to the next man and not for selfish reasons.  God does not want us acquiring wealth with a prideful and arrogant spirit whose end is death everlasting.  It took God forty years in the wilderness to humble His favorite people.  The pride and self-righteousness in these people had to be something terrible.  God gave Jesus a humble beginning as some of us have had. Raised Him in thirty three years to become King and take over our world through love.  He respected God's word and gave praise to it morning, noon, and night.  We can't live on what man provides for man forever.  But we can instill the word of God in our hearts, minds, and mouths.  Then possess every blessing the Lord has to give us by doing so.  The lands are rich and there's more money out here today than there's ever been.  However, our hearts must humble and our words must edify God and others to receive the wealth.


Blessings Lord as we gain wealth in Your name,


Vincent Young, Christian Analyst.