Tag Archive | wealth

Labor Day Blessings

Sep7

Unless the Lord builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless the Lord guards the city, The watchman keeps awake in vain.
Psalms 127:1 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.127.1.NASB1995

Wealth obtained by fraud dwindles, But the one who gathers by labor increases it.
Proverbs 13:11 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.13.11.NASB1995

In all labor there is profit, But mere talk leads only to poverty.
Proverbs 14:23 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.14.23.NASB1995

There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and tell himself that his labor is good. This also I have seen that it is from the hand of God.
Ecclesiastes 2:24 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/ecc.2.24.NASB1995

moreover, that every man who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor—it is the gift of God.
Ecclesiastes 3:13 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/ecc.3.13.NASB1995

🌹Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat, to drink and enjoy oneself in all one’s labor in which he toils under the sun during the few years of his life which God has given him; for this is his reward. Furthermore, as for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, He has also empowered him to eat from them and to receive his reward and rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God.
Ecclesiastes 5:18-19 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/ecc.5.18-19.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Loyalty &Allegiance

May27

“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.
Matthew 6:24 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.6.24.NASB1995

God is not against wealth. But when wealth becomes the object of worship, then there is a problem. There is nothing wrong with being successful unless that becomes an object of worship. When success and wealth become our obsession then there is a problem.

for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matthew 6:21 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.6.21.NASB1995

God is our provider. He provides what we need. He blesses those who faithfully serve Him, those who are loyal to His purpose and cause.

🌹Where do you place your allegiance? In treasures (wealth) or God?

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

My Treasure

Mar23

Treasure: greatly valued

In the fear (reverence) of the Lord there is strong confidence, And his (His) children will have refuge. The fear (reverence) of the Lord is a fountain of life, That one may avoid the snares of death.
Proverbs 14:26‭-‬27 NASB

And He will be the stability of your times, A wealth of salvation, wisdom and knowledge; The fear of the Lord is his treasure.
Isaiah 33:6 NASB

The fear of the Lord leads to life, So that one may sleep satisfied, untouched by evil.
Proverbs 19:23 NASB

What a wonderful gift we have in Jesus, a treasure to those who believe.
To the believer, Jesus is strong confidence, a refuge, the fountain of life, salvation, wisdom, knowledge. Understanding this, one may sleep satisfied, untouched by evil.

Do you believe?

🌹Thank You, Jesus, for opening my eyes to the true treasure of knowing You. I praise Your holy name. Amen.

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon

Slaughter or Deliverance?

Jul14

You have lived luxuriously on the earth and led a life of wanton pleasure; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter. You have condemned and put to death the righteous man; he does not resist you. — James 5:5-6

All your possessions you hold dear are nothing when life is over. The wealth you count on, trust in, will be your demise. Trust in the Lord can save you but you choose to put trust in your wealth. (v.2-3) Your abundance of the pleasures and treasures of this world will be a witness against you. (v.3)

To succeed and be prosperous you choose to hurt, belittle, and cheat others. Your life focus is to be successful no matter the cost — even if it means condemning the righteous. Their cries will be a testimony against you! Your lustful desires of worldly pleasures and treasures for your own fulfillment with no regard for the poor and needy will be a testimony against you. Living life for yourself and for today only fattens you up for the day of slaughter.

Whom do you choose today? The world and it’s ways or Jesus Christ and His way?
Do you seek the things of this world or the things of heaven?
Do you reach out with love and charity to the world in need or are you just “all about me”?
Are you preparing for the slaughter or for the deliverance?

Continually seeking Him,

Sharon