Deuteronomy 8:10 When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the Lord thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.
To bless God for the material blessings of life does not mean that anyone can actually bless God, for as one scripture says, the lesser is always blessed by the greater. What the passage means is that we are to acknowledge God as the Giver of all good gifts for this will mitigate the tendency to erroneously think that we own anything, in and of ourselves.
The following therefore, are some of the passages in the scriptures that shed great light on the issue of riches, how wealth should be gotten, and managed, and what is the correct perspective that Christians are to adopt if God so chooses to bless persons with riches.
We will let the Bible speak for itself, and where the verses may not be clear or apparent to the reader, we’ll try to explain using the line upon line method as per Isaiah. Also, we should pay close attention to the highlighted words in the various passages, so as not to make important truths slip.
Proverbs 13:11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathers by labor shall increase.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!