The purpose of Money

The purpose of money

Having heard so many teachings from different pastors from different church. I finally come to the conclusion. That walking the middle road is the most balance form of christian living. Some pastor only preach prosperity gospel, while some preach poverty gospel, each have their own point but often negating the other. The problem is that by only focusing on one we often cannot be balance in our views. God has never condemn money, in fact

Deuteronomy 8:18 tells us to “Remember the Lord they God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he swore unto thy fathers.”


God always wants us to be the head not tail. Above not beneath. When God created the earth, guess what God did - Well he directed adam to where there was gold and precious stones

GEn 2:10-12 :10And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.11The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; 12And the gold of that land is good: there is beryllium and the onyx stone.

If God had hated wealth, he would have not ask Solomon to build the temple made of pure gold. instead he would be asking solomon to build the cheapest temple with the cheapest resource he could find. Though I have to qualify that wealth is not a measure of spirituality and being in lack is not a sign of godliness as well.

The key to understanding the purpose of money, is to understand God our father and how he measures wealth. Here are a couple of truth


1. Money has no morals.

It is a medium used in this world to buy goods. Therefore as servants of God. When God blesses us he do it for 2 purpose - so that we can use it to buy food to eat, to build his house ( church), to bless others who are less fortunate and who God wants to touch. But when we start to live only for money and money alone, then Money becomes our God. When God prosper the people in the bible like Solomon, Issac and Abaraham he did so so that they could be an influence to the society

2. Money is used to build our character and skill.

An often overlook area about money is that God often uses it to refine our skill. One key area is is the area of stewardship and management of money. In fact, when a christian only knows how to spend but do not know how to save and is often in lack or have to borrow from people. Would it be surprising then that he or she becomes a bad testimony to the other non-christian. Guess how the term " as poor as a church mouse" comes from. If we understand God, he only gives more when we are proven to be a good steward. I am a believer that we should learn to have a rainy day fund, and have enough to make sure that i can take care of my family, to bless God's work and also bless people
1 Timothy 3: 1Here is a trustworthy saying: If anyone sets his heart on being an overseer,^[a] he desires a noble task. 2Now the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 3not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. 4He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him with proper respect. 5(If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God's church?

So may we live out life's as a great testimony, be a good steward of God's wealth, use it wisely, manage it well and be a blessing to people around you.