How does God define wealth?
If wealth to God means more than just money (and it does) what else does it mean? To God, wealth includes our time, talents, abilities, skills; our health and family; our salvation and even our work. Do you realize that our work, our job, is part of the “wealth” God entrusts into our care? We need to remember that it is God who gives us the ability to work and produce wealth. Deut. 1-18 says, “You may say to your self, ‘My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.’ But remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you the ability to produce wealth.” Work is not a punishment. God says work is part of our reward. It is part of our fulfillment. It is part of our wealth. To me, one verse really stands out when we talk about God’s definition of wealth. Proverbs 10:22 tells us that “It is the blessing of the Lord that brings wealth, and He adds no trouble to it.” This proverb has a lot of wisdom. Because it says that it is only through the blessing of God that
