Blessings and Privileges
This article was inspired by a comment I made on an interesting article here on read.cash. the article sort to explain the differences between privileges and blessings. The purpose of this article is to address the the needless importance placed on material things and wealth by Christians.
As a result of the progression of the prosperity Gospel, a lot of Christians now have the canal mind set. 'You can not be blessed by God and remain poor.' this skewed believe is as a result of prosperity gospel. The Bible never promised riches in exchange for being a good Christian. In fact the opposite is the case. Consider the example of Solomon and his escapades.
The story of Solomon brings to mind the burning sensation of wilful sin and spiritual stagnation caused by man's innate love for Vanities, Material things, wealth which these prosperity preacher's paint as blessings from God. The rich man was not a bad man, but he wasn't happy. Why? He was not rich towards God. The blessings of the Lord maketh rich. The level and health of his spiritual life. The joy of the Soul. He was moved by Faith in asking JESUS how to find rest for his soul but was defeated by his love for Vanities.
Wealth and riches are not bad, but they may serve as hindrances to your spiritual health. "It is easier for a camel to walk through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God." The rich man was defeated. Solomon was almost. The riches and fame brought him vanities upon vanities including women who succeeded in luring him to worship false gods. The key word here is contentment.
Solomon never asked for wealth but for wisdom. the wisdom of God. When God added wealth, and wealth brought it's accompanying demons of temptations, it was the Wisdom of God that had a firm root In his soul that brought him to the realization of the folly in material wealth and the courage to take a repentant course. It wasn't so for the rich man who wanted to be a disciple of Christ. The question is, who are you? The rich man or Solomon. The rich man or Lazarus
Conclusion
Balanced view of money. Some people see money or material things as the end, instead of 'a means to an end' when they loose their material possessions, such people tend to commit suicide. Since that's was all they had. Bob Marley once said, "some people are so poor all they have is money" good things happen to bad people, bad things happen to good people.
Great writing