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Wisdom
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Posted by: Jeremy_37211
Guys...
Pray for me. I came to the realization that I wanted to be "rich" last month. I don't want this because I am an extravagant spender, or because I am a selfish person.....I want to help people. I want to do a lot in my church for those good brothers and sisters that are just behind, or need the help. Even yesterday a good Brother in the Lord and I were talking, and I found out that he is $8000 behind in his mortgage on his house ($1000 X 8 months) and having a lot of other financial problems. I want to be able to help him, because the Lord has given me a good peace about helping others. However, I didn't have $8000 to give him right then and there.....
and I realized..that I need to start praying for that "help" to be in my pocket. Or at least, that I would have the ability to give help by writing a check.
However, more than that, I need Soloman's wisdom for dealing with the wealth I am praying for. There are some people that do not "need" help, either because they need to learn to depend on God, or they need to learn a lesson, or learn the freedom from not being tied down with materials. Pray that I start to get wise (I think that, or at least I hope, that praying for wisdom will not put you through trials like praying for patience will......haha.)
I really have a passion for helping others, and I believe that I would like to help people learn to use the "tool" of money. I would love to help people get out of debt, and live responsibly. My latest "dream" is to help the people of West Nashville, which is a very poor and destitute place(from american standards) to rise above poverty and uneducated status. I have a plan...a dream on how to do this.
So..summing it up..pray that I will have the wisdom to deal with the $1 in my pocket so that one day, should it be the Lord's will, that I have the wisdom to deal with the $100 million at my disposal.
Tell me what you're thinking.
Jeremy
Posted by: dean_crosbyDD
Hey Jeremy you're thinking just like I used to.Just like you without asking God's approval I decided to become rich.And I had a religious guru who supported me - Robert Schuller of the Crystal Cathedral Ministries.I would tune in his Hour Of Power telecast every Sunday and really get pumped up as he stood in front of the American flag in his glass palace telling me I could do anything I wanted to do.And at no time did I need to seek God's direction.Man what a trip!I could go for man's gold.I was so inspired week after week as he interviewed one millionaire after another.This was my idea of religion. THE FEEL HAPPY WHILE GETTING RICH denomination..So I set about my dream very seriously.I decided to gamble over the internet.(it's technically called investing in the futures markets and its regulated by the United States government)To impress God of my good intentions,I even put the name of my favorite charity on the software I purchased to help me with my gambling.But I kept losing money.I couldn't understand it.I thought I was working for God.So I kept buying more and more gambling software to help me.And I kept watching Robert Schuller.What a worldly inspiration!Of course I admit I was a bit put-off the week he brought in the owner of the diet chain that rips people off.Oh well,she donated some of her fraudulent earnings to the crystal palace which is located next to the multi,multi-million dollar Robert Schuler LOOK AT ME MUSEUM,so it was ok.But I kept loosing money.I couldn't figure it out.Finally for the first time,I started praying to God.Well actually not praying - I started screaming at Him because I was so angry.Where was the Hour of Power god who makes millionaires?I went and bought gambling books to find him.But I kept loosing more and more money.Finally in desparation one day,I literally shouted at God and told Him to stop me if he didn't want me to put any more money in government regulated markets.Within 5 seconds, I heared a loud click.My computer was broken.I had to stop gambling!
And then I found my answer in the bible.Jesus taught His disciples and they in turn required all the first Christians to share their wealth equally among themselves,allowing no one to profit at the expense of others.The capitalistic economic system which all major political parties promote,is totally alien to Jesus' teachings.I also learned most painfully,that no man can serve two masters.You can choose the god of country,the god of money,the god of drugs,the god of adultery,the god of the republican or democratic party,the god of liquor or the one and only LORD GOD ALMIGHTY.But you can only serve one.Here's the kicker -the bible states that HE WHO LOVES THE WORLD,IS AN ENEMY OF GOD! Please please learn from my spiritual mistake Jeremy.It's wonderful that you want to help people.But do not violate biblical teachings to do it.Jesus taught us that it's harder for a rich man to get into heaven than it is for a camel to go through a needle.(biblical day "needles" were small doors in walls allowing humans to crawl through but which kept out large animals)Remem ber that the next time your tempted to buy some get rich quick program or even support a millionaire minister or politician.