Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

Proverbs 23:4 KJV

It can be a battle to live this life and not give in to the fleshly cravings of being rich.

The world has a way of pulling at you through the love of money. We are told that the love of money is the root of all evil. The problem with seeking to be rich is that you’ll always chase it. It’s natural that the more you get, the more you want. Jesus teaches that it’s hard for the rich man to enter the kingdom of God. It’s easy to get caught up in trying to get rich and not serving God. You cannot serve God and mammon. It’s not that God doesn’t want you to have something on this side of heaven. It’s that the more we have on this side of heaven can distract us from devoting all we have to God.