When you love someone, you want the best for them. You want them to be comfortable and have their needs fulfilled. You want them to have enjoyment and be happy.
That's what God wants for us. As His children, he wants to give us enjoyment, He wants our needs met and for us to be comfortable. He doesn't want our life to be a struggle.
If God has given you talent and ability, and you are able to use that talent and ability to become "financially successful ", you have a responsibility to use your resources for the good of others. But that doesn't mean you have to neglect yourself.
Having money is not a sin, having money become your idol is a sin.
Mark 10: 25 "In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!”
Now, that's not saying if you have money, you can't be saved. Just don't let money become an obsession, an idol, your main focus. Thank God for what you have and spend wisely.
1 Timothy 6:17-19 NLT
17 Teach those who are rich in this world not to be proud and not to trust in their money, which is so unreliable. Their trust should be in God, who richly gives us all we need for our enjoyment. 18 Tell them to use their money to do good. They should be rich in good works and generous to those in need, always being ready to share with others. 19 By doing this they will be storing up their treasure as a good foundation for the future so that they may experience true life.
17 Teach those who are rich in this world not to be proud and not to trust in their money, which is so unreliable. Their trust should be in God, who richly gives us all we need for our enjoyment. 18 Tell them to use their money to do good. They should be rich in good works and generous to those in need, always being ready to share with others. 19 By doing this they will be storing up their treasure as a good foundation for the future so that they may experience true life.
Blessings, Cecilia
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