Millionaire 223

Don’t try to become wealthy.

Jim Carrey, the famous movie actor, said that he wishes that everyone could receive all of the fame and fortune they desire so that they could see that it absolutely does not produce the happiness you are seeking. The happiness you are seeking is in the journey of discovering the unique purpose that God created you for.

For some of us, that unique calling and purpose leads to great wealth and that is wonderful! We need people with the gift of wealth building to build wealth, and build great companies, and provide generously for their employees, and to give generously to those in need. But if your God-given calling is to be an elementary teacher in an inner-city school, or a hospice social worker, or any other were the calling that makes a difference in the lives of people, and reflects your God given gifts and passions, go for it! Don’t worry about wealth building. God will supply what you need.

One of my powerful breakthrough discoveries is how the Bible defines riches. It certainly can include financial riches, and the Bible, surprisingly to some, affirms wealth. But if I am wealthy and have a crappy marriage, or kids who don’t talk to me, or can’t sleep at night because of anxiety, or am having health issues because of my poor diet, I am not rich at all.

A rich life, I found, is surrendering all areas of my life to Christ – my mind, my emotions, my body, my work, my relationships, my money, and my health. That’s what I think about when I consider what it means to be wealthy.

And so nearly every morning, I take about an hour or so to do a process called resurrection morning. When most people think about resurrection, they may think about Jesus rising from the dead on Easter morning. And that is true. But resurrection is also something that we can all experience on a daily basis. The entire message of the Bible is bringing dead things to life.

And so every morning I go to God, seeking his wisdom and strength to bring dead things to life in me. Negative thinking. Negative emotions. Negativity in my relationships. Hurtful habits in my life. I look to God’s living word and the power of prayer to create a daily resurrection in all areas of my life. And I found that when my life lines up more and more with my creator, and the people he’s put in my life to encourage and to serve, and his will and desire for me and how I think and feel and act, I find that then and only then do I build true wealth.

In my case, it certainly includes financial wealth. But it is so much more than that.