*NOT HASTY TO BE RICH*
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Proverbs 28:20-22
A FAITHFUL man shall abound with blessings,: but he that MAKETH HASTE TO BE RICH shall not be innocent.
To have respect of persons is not good: for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
It is not good to rush towards riches. The Bible calls that kind of demeanour an EVIL EYE. A person who is always looking at how they can quickly get rich through whatever means has a wrong way of looking at life- they simply have an evil eye.
What should our approach to riches be, then? It is better to be FAITHFUL and work steadily on whatever you have in your hand at a point in time, growing it in bits till it becomes plenty, than to have your eye in so many places where you think you can get money quickly from. The desire to get rich and rich in the shortest possible time introduces anxiety and a certain fast-pacedness that leaves very little room for God to show up in our lives or offer His help or suggestions for our increase. Our approach to riches should be that we embrace poverty, whenever we find ourselves there, and let it be a reason why we seek God and depend more on Him. Poverty is good in the sense that it helps us need God, seek Him and find Him. Yes. A good eye embrace one’s state of lack and uses it as a means to wait on the Lord, instead of making haste to find riches here and there.
Apostle Paul said, “ I will rather glory in mine I firmities, that the power of Christ may rest on me”. While it is not good to be satisfied with any state of poverty you may find yourself in, it is good to allow that state of poverty to inspire you to reach for God’s help. If your state of poverty rather inspires you to want to be rich quickly by whatever means,using all kinds of “smart” ways, even when God has not impressed it on your heart to go ahead with that, makes you have an evil eye. And an evil eye will not dwell with God.
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Anastasia Bruce
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