Is Money The Answer For Everything?

Yesterday we saw that the people in the world can either be categorised into eaters or sowers. The former spend everything they have whereas sowers set apart  a portion to sow into the Kingdom, help the poor, save up for the future. Here’s the Biblical principle: “If I have a need, I have to sow a seed.”

Ecclesiastes 10:19
A feast is made for laughter, wine makes life merry, and money is the answer for everything.

Many believe that Jesus is the answer for the world today, but we need to understand the reality that money is the means on Earth through which God makes everything happen.
Money is neutral - it is neither good or evil; the one who handles it decides whether it should be used for good or for evil - We can either do good or indulge in evil with the same money.

1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.

Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
God is the answer to all human problems but God uses money as an answer to all human needs.  Solomon, the wisest man on Earth says that money is the answer for everything - be it for ministry, charity, house construction and for living. God uses money and God’s children should learn to use money for His purposes. 

Money is not evil in itself. Money should be used for the glory of God and that’s why it is important that money should come to the hands of children of God who’d know to handle it well and rightly; if not it will be wasted on wicked schemes. If money is evil, the devil will give you money so that you will backslide. 

Proverbs 30:7-9
Two things I ask of you, Lord; do not refuse me before I die: Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’ Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonour the name of my God.
Agur only had little capacity and so he prayed in that manner; whereas we being children of God can ask for more from Abba and in turn use it for His glory. 

In the case of Job, God gave him great wealth because he knew that he would use it wisely and after Satan destroyed everything, God gave him a double of everything he had lost. 

Philippians 4:10-13
I rejoiced greatly in the Lord that at last you renewed your concern for me. Indeed, you were concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it. I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all this through him who gives me strength.

Paul learned the art of living, which is to be content in any and every situation. From this context, when Paul declares, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me”, it is all about money management - the skill to rightly manage the money that comes into our hands. Make strong decisions to limit your expenses within your income and break the debt lifestyle. You have a glorious future in Christ Jesus!

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