Financial Wealth: A Blessing from God

What is the most misquoted verse in the Bible?

I'm sure three or four just ran through your head.

The passage that I have heard misquoted and misused most throughout my life is 1 Timothy 6:10:

For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil.  Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

Even if this isn't the first verse that you thought of, it probably made your list.  Carefully read this verse and then think about how it is so often misquoted, "Money is the root of all evil."  

Look at how drastically different the misquote is from what Paul actually says.

The reality is that financial wealth is a blessing from God.  If you read Genesis 13 and 14 you will find that the problems that surfaced between Abram and Lot's men were a result of their vast, and growing wealth.  "But the land could not support them while they stayed together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to stay together." (Genesis 13:6)  God blessed Abram with abundant financial wealth.

We see a similar situation with King Solomon.  When God told Solomon that he could ask for anything and God would give it to him.  Solomon asked for wisdom.  Because Solomon asked for this, God gave him all the things he didn't ask for: wealth, power, etc.

Wealth is a blessing from God.  The real money question that needs to be  answered is:  Will you be a faithful steward of the blessings God has showered upon you?

The reality is that evil people do evil things with the blessings God has given them.

It is the responsibility of Christians to use every blessing God has given them to bless the world with those blessings; making every effort to honor and glorify God by leveraging the blessings He has entrusted to our stewardship.

Don't insult the Lord by slapping His hand away when He tries to bless you with the gift of money and wealth.  Realize that He is entrusting to your care a powerful tool that you can use to bless and influence the world you are living in.  God knows what He's doing.  He has given you your gifts and blessings for a specific reason.  Figure out what that reason is and commit to using all of your blessings for His glory.  

That means even the money He has entrusted to your care.

God bless

Jason Fredrick