"We need to steer clear of this poverty of ambition, where people want to drive fancy cars and wear nice clothes and live in nice apartments but don't want to work hard to accomplish these things. Everyone should try to realize their full potential." Barak Obama
I don't want to rip this quote apart or make a message out of it. The phrase "poverty of ambition" struck me. We want the good life without the work. In church circles we need to steer clear of a poverty of faith, where we want God's blessings to flow without following what he instructs in scripture to do. We need to steer clear from claiming the rewards without accepting the responsibilities. Our faith needs to be big enough to embrace God's blessing and to live sacrificially.
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When the comfortable life encroaches on or supplants sound doctrine, we are in trouble. What do we need God for if we have been given this soft cushy life?
Scripture says, "to whom much is given, much will be required."
There is nothing wrong with prosperity, providing we realize that our wealth is a tool to be used to bless others and bring glory to God. God doesn't dispense good things to us because we deserve them.He will grant us those good things for us to use to further his plan for the world. There is much responsility required from those that God has chosen to bless.
Scripture again says that, "where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
We need to refocus on God rather than on temporal things, and use what God has given us more wisely with His guidance.
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