Here’s the thing: You can be materialistic and poor. You can also be content and rich. It has nothing to do with your income and it has everything to do with your heart. You don’t need to earn more money in order to be generous with your money. Some people use that as an excuse to be greedy. Jesus seemed to believe that the key to generosity wasn’t having more, but being content with what you already have.

Jesus seemed to believe that the key to generosity wasn’t having more, but being content with what you already have.

Jesus’ idea of blessing is completely contrary to ours. It has nothing to do with what we have, and everything to do with who we are.

You might have good, moral efforts of working hard and earning money in order to help feed the poor or something along those lines - and then you get the money you’ve been seeking and you see and feel and taste how sweet it is and you only want more and more and more for…yourself.Money corrupts its own intentions.

God’s priorities may be a bit different than ours.Have you ever thought about that?Have you ever considered that while you’ve been working on getting a promotion and moving to a safer neighborhood - God’s been working on something else entirely? God’s had something else planned?