Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.
That is one of the more practical statements. Did you know many of the people who win the lottery just end up bankrupt in a few years after then win? This is true no only for money, but for many things in our life. If you haven't worked for something ... you really don't understand it.
Imagine the difference between two men who both own large homes. One man takes out a loan and purchases the largest house he can afford. One man works hard and builds it with his own hands. Which one will be the better home owner in the years to come?
Work for what you have. If you have the money to get stuff or the time. Don't take the easy way, rather work hard for what God has given you.
Unequal weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the Lord.
You don't get by with the little wrongs. They aren't little sins ... they are an abomination to the LORD.
We go back to the store when they make a one dollar mistake against us. Do you go back when it is in your favor? When you put in your pocket what isn't yours that sick feeling in your stomach is the LORD letting you know it is wrong.
We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia, for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part. For they gave according to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means.
One sure way to not be tempted by money is to give it away.
Don't spend it on yourself. Not on things that will waste away. Not on clothes you don't need. Homes that are to large. Cars that are for show.
Give it away.
Buy up that which will never waste. Clothe the naked. Feed the hungry. Comfort the weary. Visit those in prison. Give what you have away.
And when you give it away you lose the burden of the temptation. For how can there be temptation when you give it no opportunity?
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