Building Wealth and Financing the Kingdom Without Losing Your Soul (1)

Building Wealth and Financing the Kingdom without losing your soul

Preface

Success, money, business and economics, among other related areas of life, have been given a bad name by many confused and deceived people using bits and pieces of the Bible to suggest God isn't interested in, or opposes these types of things, because they represent the pursuit of riches and love of money, which can in fact lead to all sorts of evils.

While it's true the love of money is the root of all sorts of evil, money in and of itself isn't, as it's nothing more or less than a medium of exchange, which is used to buy goods or services. Christians can be tempted to pursue money in an extreme way, as they get caught up in craving more for themselves in this life than may be good for their spiritual walk. That doesn't make money evil, it simply identifies the heart of man as having the potential to be corrupt, and forsaking everything in order to get more.

People like this never are satisfied, and their wants and needs can be insatiable. We could say the same about any area of life, which if we focus on it to the exclusion of other areas, we can suffer loss. For example, someone could be an obsessive eater, abuse alcohol, or neglect their family and training of their children in the pursuit of wealth or their own individual goals. That doesn't mean what is being pursued is wrong, only that there are other areas of life that must be paid attention to. That's the reason God told Israel before they entered the promised land that He had tested them over the period of 40 years so they would learn that man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God, i.e., the Bible or Holy Scriptures. It was also the first temptation experienced by Jesus after He had fasted for forty days, when the devil attempted to get Him to change the stones into bread. His response was that man does not live by bread alone.

What all of that means is in our jobs or businesses, we have to understand that while improving our financial position and building wealth, there is more to life than that, and we must embrace all that God has for us, not just the provision side of things. His Word covers more than things related to money and our needs being provided for. It covers all of life.

God definitely wants to bless us in all ways. Our problem is we can easily be distracted by wealth and goods, which can take away the reason God blesses us with wealth in the first place, which is to establish His covenant.  He doesn't mind giving and sharing with us, as He has with many people in the days when the Biblical record was given. That always had to come with the caveat of being satisfied in whatever circumstance we're in.

A lot of Christians aren't aware of this Scripture which is quoted a lot, saying this: "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me" (Phil. 4:13). The context of that verse is Paul saying he has had times when he had an abundance and times he had little. Either way, Paul knew how to live under each circumstance, and we are to do so as well. That's what he was referring to when he said he can do all things through Christ. We also can do the same, and if we can, there's an opportunity for God to bless us without our being self-destructive as a result.

If we want success without negative consequences, we must learn to manage money in a way it doesn't have control of us, while understanding the reason we've been given financial blessings from God is so we can help finance His kingdom on earth. That's what it means to be given wealth in order for His covenant to be established.

This book has been written to show many of the secrets and insights revealed by God in the Holy Scriptures, and to share with you how I've applied them in my life in a way that has resulted in building businesses from scratch, acquiring businesses, buying real estate, writing for a living,  and investing in the stock market.

When you're through reading this book, I hope to have conveyed to you what God is looking for when He blesses the work of your hands, and what can be done to keep from the temptations that can come with wealth and success.

Also included the foundation for building wealth which few really understand, and which can give you a competitive advantage against the market you're competing in.