It feels so wrong and obvious that a person
cannot run after money if you want to do what is right in the sight of the
Lord.
Here are some suggestions, Bible Verse on how Godly people in the bible view money ( what we call 'successful career' nowadays).
Bible
Verse to Ponder
Mathew 6:24
“No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the
other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve
both God and Money.
Characters in the Bible Who Ask for a Success in terms of Wealth
I know no verse telling a character in the bible praying to be
successful in terms of wealth.
But I find this passage from Genesis, when Jacob ask for basic provision
from God, just like food to eat and clothes to wear.
Nothing grand, but just the basic needs.
Genesis
28:20-22
Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me on this journey I
am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear so that I return
safely to my father’s house, the LORD will be be my God and this stone that I have
set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that you give me I will give
you a tenth.”
Daniel
4:28-37
After getting success and riches...
Verse about a king who forgets that all his splendor
and riches are from the Lord almighty.
All this happened to King Nebuchadnezzar, Twelve months later, as the
king was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon, he said, “Is not
this the great Babylon I have built as the royal residence, by my mighty power
and for the glory of my majesty?”
The words were still on his lips when a voice came from heaven. “this is
what is decreed for you, King Nebuchadnezzar; Your royal authority has been
taken from you. You will be driven away from people and will live with the wild
animals; you will eat grass like cattle. Seven times will pass by for you until
you acknowledge that the Most High is sovereign over the kingdoms of men and
gives them to anyone he wishes, “
Immediately what has been said about Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He
was driven away from people and ate grass like cattle. His body was drenched
with the dew of heaven until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and
his nails like the claws of a bird.
At the end of that time, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward
heaven, and my sanity was restored. Then I praised the Most High; I honored and
glorified hi who lives forever.
His dominion is an eternal dominion; his kingdom endures from generation
to generation.
All the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing.
He does as he pleases with the power of heaven and the peoples of the
earth.
No one can hold back his hand and say to him: “What have you done?”
At the same time that my sanity was restored, my honor and splendor were
returned to me for the glory of my kingdom. My advisers and nobles sought me
out, and I was restored to my throne and became even greater than before. Now I,
Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, because
everything he does is right and all his ways are just. And those who walk in pride
he is able to humble.
I
post loads of inspiring thoughts there.
2 Timothy 3:2
People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud,
abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love,
unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good,
treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God –
having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them.
Mathew 9:12-13
On hearing this, Jesus said, “it is not the healthy who need a doctor,
but the sick. But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’
For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Final Thoughts
Words are like double edge sword, so what bible
verses that speaks to me doesn’t mean it should speak the same meaning for
others.
Please ponder a lot on these suggested bible
verses and learn the Lesson behind every passage.
May our Lord Jesus Christ guides our heart
always. On what to go after and what to treasure so dearly.
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