Having more money can give you more opportunities to do good in the world. Jesus said, \u2018This Gospel of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.\u2019<\/i> (Matthew 24:14 NIV) And fulfilling that Commission will require money\u2014lots of it. But money by itself will never make you happy or secure. <\/p>\n
Solomon, one of the world\u2019s richest men, writes: \u2018Do not overwork to be rich; because of your own understanding, cease! Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away like an eagle towards Heaven.\u2019<\/i> (Proverbs 23:4\u20135 NKJV) <\/p>\n
When one of the world\u2019s wealthiest men died, a reporter asked a family member, \u2018How much did he leave?\u2019 The relative replied, \u2018All of it!\u2019 <\/p>\n
No matter how much money you make, save, invest, or keep, eventually your money will leave you or you will leave your money. It\u2019s been wisely observed that there are seven ages of man. First,<\/i> a child sees the earth. Second,<\/i> he wants it. Third,<\/i> he hustles to get it. Fourth,<\/i> he decides to be satisfied with about half of it. Fifth,<\/i> he decides he\u2019d be satisfied with less than half. Sixth,<\/i> he\u2019s now content to possess a one-by-two metre burial plot. Seventh,<\/i> he gets it! <\/p>\n
There are lots of things you can live without\u2014and great wealth is one of them. What you can\u2019t live without, however, is peace with God, a family filled with love, a lifelong friendship with your kids, and a life well-lived for the glory of God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Having more money can give you more opportunities to do good in the world. Jesus said, \u2018This Gospel of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.\u2019 (Matthew 24:14 NIV) And fulfilling that Commission will require money\u2014lots of it. But money by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}