...the right way to be rich

All the airplane magazines say, "You've earned it! Buy a La-Z-Boy!"

What does that mean? It means that the chair you sit in should look like what you make. And my answer is, "No it shouldn't. No it shouldn't. It should look like Jesus is valuable, more valuable than chairs. That's what it should look like."

So you say to rich people, "Be rich in good deeds (1 Timothy 6:18)," which means you start doing as many good deeds as you can and on the way there you live a kind of life that would make Jesus look like your treasure.

Now on the other end, should you ever want to go there (and Paul is just crystal clear), "Those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into many senseless and hurtful temptations that bring the soul into ruin" (1 Timothy 6:9). Wanting to be rich is dangerous.

--Excerpt from The Right Way to Be Rich, yesterday's "Ask Pastor John"