Proverbs 10:22 (NKJV) The blessing of the LORD makes one rich, And He adds no sorrow with it.
There are two roads to success: God’s way or the way of the world. The devil will lure us to use his way, but we need to stick to God’s way. We are to seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and trust that He will provide for all our needs. When God blesses us with promotion, there will be grace and wisdom for us to do well in our work or business. However, when we strife and do it the world’s way, sorrow will come with it.
We need to teach ourselves and our children that godliness with contentment is great gain because we bring nothing into this world and we cannot bring anything out of this world. God said in the Bible that we will have no lack because we are His children. Some of us will have more than the others, but the important thing is to be good stewards of God’s money that He has entrusted to us.
Money is neutral. Jesus did not say that it is impossible for those who are rich to enter into heaven. Rather, He said it is those who trust in riches rather than in God who will have difficulty going to heaven because money is their god.
We can be successful, rich and love God at the same time, provided that we are taught correctly that the source of our blessings is God. There are many good examples in the Bible like Job, Joseph, Abraham, Moses, Daniel, Solomon who were successful and influential in the government and business sectors and they showed forth the wisdom and blessings of God.
Many young people grew up in church, went to Bible studies and attended Sunday school, but they left the Lord after graduating from universities to carve a career for themselves. Why did they stray from the Lord? It has to do with prospering through the secular worldview of success, the deceitfulness of riches, the desires for other things, and the worries that come in a life without God. All these have choked the Word in their lives.
We can decide whether to allow the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things to choke the Word in our lives, and we do that by shifting from trusting in mammon to having faith in God. When we develop our faith in God by listening to the preaching and teaching of the Word, we will have a very different worldview of riches and success.
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通向成功的上帝之路
箴言10:22 耶和华所赐的福，使人富足。并不加上忧虑。
成功的道路有两条：上帝之道或世界之道。 魔鬼会引诱我们使用牠的道，但我们需要坚持神的道。 我们首先要寻求神的国和祂的义，并相信祂会满足我们所有的需要。 当神祝福我们升职时，祂会赐我们恩典和智慧去做好我们的工作或生意。 然而，当我们倾轧纷争地行在世界之道上时，愁苦便随之而来。
我们需要教导自己和我们的孩子，敬虔加上知足的心就是大利，因为我们没带什么来到这个世界，离开这个世界时也不能带走任何东西。 神在圣经中说，我们不会缺乏，因为我们是祂的儿女。 我们中的一些人会比其他人拥有更多，但重要的是追求成为神所托付给我们的金钱的好管家。
金钱是中性的。 耶稣并没有说富有的人不可能进天堂。 祂说的是那些只相信财富而不信神的人将很难去天堂，因为金钱成了他们的神。
我们可以在成功且富有的同时也爱着上帝，只要我们得到正确的教导那就是–神是一切祝福的源头。圣经中有很多好的榜样，如约伯、约瑟、亚伯拉罕、摩西、但以理、所罗门等，他们在政界和商界都取得了成功并颇有影响力，他们展现了神的智慧和祝福。
许多年轻人在教会长大，参加查经，上主日学，但大学毕业后就离开主去开创自己的事业。 他们为什么离开主呢？ 这与藉由世俗的成功世界观、财富的欺骗、对其他事物的渴望以及因为生命中没有神而引发的忧虑有关。 所有这些都阻碍了神话语的种子在他们生命中的生长。
我们可以选择是否听任对俗世的关注、钱财的迷惑以及对其他事物的欲望窒息了我们生命中的圣道，我们可以把对玛门的信赖转为对上帝的信心。当我们藉着听道以及圣经的教导培养了对上帝的信心时，我们对于财富以及成功的观念将会迥然不同。
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