Work hard to earn as much money as possible but make sure the cost of your toil is not the abandonment of your reliance on God.
Proverbs 11:28
There’s a big difference in selling price and cost.
Selling price is how much cash it’s going to extract from your wallet. Cost is how much value it’s going to extract from your life.
But that’s all about spending money…
Earning money has a cost also.
In today’s Tiny Words. Big Life. quote, we’re reminded that while earning money is generally a good thing, the quest for earning more can consume your spirit.
When that happens, money leaves no room for other things that should be occupying space in your spiritual life. It’s then that money becomes an idol.
Today’s Tiny Words. Big Life. Bible verse finds King Solomon warning us of this very thing. In this verse, those who trust in their riches will fall. In other words, those that worship money as their idol have pushed out all other things of spiritual importance in order to make room for more money.
King Solomon goes on to say that these people will fall.
The Tiny Words. Big Life. takeaway is this: Pray for the ability to take care of your responsibilities financially. Pray for a heart of tithing to give God what is His while keeping Him at the center of your worship. Pray to see money as a blessing rather than an answer to happiness.
And remember, only you can set the selling price of your soul.
Worshipping money will price you out of a righteous life and end up costing you more than you can pay.
Proverbs 11:28
28 Those who trust in their riches will fall,
but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf.