You Do Not Work For Money

When you think of MONEY, what immediately comes to your mind?

Is it any of the following:
I need a job in order to have money
I need to work 80 hours a week in order to really have money
I have to make 200 plus dials a day to make money (if you are involved in sales)

If any of these comes to mind, the first thing I will say to you is, “You do not work for money.” Why? Money is just a symbol, a medium of exchange. When you work for money, you literally become a slave to money. When your sole intent for getting money becomes just getting it and nothing else, money has become your master. You will sacrifice anything to get it, whether it is your happiness, freedom, peace, or creativity.

Money should never be the focus of why you have a job, operate a business, or provide a service.
Your only focus should be expressing the talents that God has given you so that you can help someone else. Money is a spiritual idea and it is a spiritual law that when you give, you will always receive. When you are expressing the God within, expressing the ideas within you, you are giving. You were created to give so others could receive and benefit from what you give. God will give you whatever it is that you need to live a fulfilled life. God has already provided the abundance.

Give and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap (Luke 6:38).

Think of money as a reward for a service rather than a payment. However, you must enjoy what you do; you must be passionate about your talents. When you do not love what you do, you should be doing something else.

The individuals who live the most fulfilled lives are those who have a very difficult time differentiating between work and pleasure. That, says Bob Proctor, is a key factor in living an abundant life.

King Solomon was a person who understood the secrets to abundance. God asked Solomon to ask for whatever he wanted and he would give it to him. Solomon asked for the wisdom and understanding to be a good leader: Give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours? (1 Kings 3:9) Solomon wanted to make sure that he fulfilled God’s purpose and vision for his life. The scripture states that God was pleased with Solomon’s decision because his main purpose was doing the Lord’s will and glorifying God. God gave Solomon what he had not asked for: riches and honor.

The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for this.
So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this and not for long life or wealth for yourself, nor have asked for the death of your enemies but for discernment in administering justice, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there ever be. Moreover, I will give you what you have not asked for—both riches and honor—so that in your lifetime you will have no equal among kings. And if you walk in my ways and obey my statutes and commands as David your father did, I will give you a long life” (1 Kings 3:10-14).

Decide today that you will no longer work for money or be a servant: you will be a master.
Don’t be afraid to live your passion. When you embrace the person you were called to be, you will no longer guide yourself. Everything you need to become successful has already been set in place for you. All that is left for you to do is to step into your ordained greatness.

Grace Engel
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