Key #3 To Successful Money Managing

Key #3: If you want to earn money, you have to work for it.

Let me start by saying that I know people do win the lottery. I know rich relatives die and leave an inheritance. I know you occasionally find a $20 bill on the sidewalk. However, those things are not ordinary and should not be counted on.

We don't have to look far to find a get-rich-quick scheme. The news is peppered with people who tried to acquire wealth through cheating others out of theirs. The Bible is clear that this is no way to gain wealth. Proverbs 13:11 states that:

Wealth from get-rich-quick schemes quickly disappears; wealth from hard work grows over time.

Proverbs 28:19 is similar:

A hard worker has plenty of food, but a person who chases fantasies ends up in poverty.

These are proverbs and are not meant to be hard and fast rules. There are people in the world who are rich and do little to no work. There are people who work very hard and have little to show for it. The point of these proverbs is to show the kind of lifestyle we ought to live.

When we cut corners and only do things that are quick and easy, we fall into living a life that is only focused upon ourselves and our own needs. Through diligent and hard work we give our employer something valuable in exchange for our paycheck. Our focus broadens so that we actually become aware of the needs of others.

This is the lifestyle we're called to live as Christians. As servants we need to focus less upon ourselves and more upon those around us. Hard work allows us to do that.

When we live our life in this manner, we won't be wasting money on the get-rich-quick schemes and fantasies that Proverbs warns about.


View Key #1 here.
View Key #2 here.