However, your life cannot be determined by your wallet, money is a good servant but a terribly master. The intention of God is that you have control over money and not the other way round. When a person loves material possession so much that he can't get along without them, he opens himself to much suffering, both physical and mental, in truth he becomes a slave to the things he owns.
Some people, for example, have taken foolish risks to keep their riches intact. They have died rushing into burning houses or were killed because they stubbornly resisted armed robbers. Apparently they felt that without their material possessions life would not be worthwhile. Others, when forced to part with their wealth, have been thrown into agonizing despair, even to the point of suicide.
In 1975, six armed gunmen broke into the deposit boxes in a London bank and stole valuables worth more than $7 million. One lady, whose jewellery was, appraised at $500,000, wailed, "Everything I had was in there. My whole life was in that box." What a sad commentary on her values! She believed that the worth of her life was indeed in a box.
The creator's intention is that you are a creator of wealth, that you are in charge of the resources he commits to your hands. He expects that you are a channel of blessing, a conduit that he can pass his wealth through to bless many. Have you noticed that those that have learned and, understood that their lives do not consist of what is in their wallet and therefore have become benevolent keep increasing in wealth, while those that get all they can and can all they get end up in poverty?
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