Wealth is not tangible: Part II

In Part I, we looked at the fact that wealth is not tangible and that it is a mentality. Let us try to develop this further by looking at examples of truly wealthy people. The best examples are in the Bible.

Abraham was a very wealthy man. Incidentally he was also referred to as a friend of God. The thing that made Abraham wealthy was a promise that God made to him in Genesis chapter 12. In verse 3 of this chapter, we see God telling Abram (not yet Abraham) that in him all nations will be blessed. Do you realise that by Abram meditating (dominantly thinking) on that promise is what made him eventually so wealthy. He was no longer able to live harmoniously with his nephew lot, who had also become so wealthy (by family association). When Abram gave Lot a choice of where to go, Lot chose the valley and Abram had not problem taking the desert. It is after this separation that God re-affirmed (ratified) his promise to Abram in Genesis 13:14-17. The summary of it is that even the land which Lot occupied was to belong to Abram. Now only a truly wealthy person would have chosen to take the desert instead of the valley, but Abram knew that his source of wealth was not man and that it was God. This is consistent with the fact that you are a product of your thought and not your environment, as we have been told for so long. (Prov 23:7).

Another example of a wealthy man is Joseph. The bible says in Genesis 39:2 that the Lord was with Joseph and he was a prosperous man. Now remember he had just been sold and re-sold in Egypt. If he was feeling sorry for himself and letting himself be dominated by thoughts of his brother’s cruelty towards him, which he did not deserve, do you think Potiphar would have noticed that God was with Joseph and put him in charge of his household?

At this point I want to submit to you that MOST people we think are wealthy because of what they have acquired indeed are typical examples of people with a poverty mentality. You can observe this by the way they are obsessed by protecting their wealth through all natural means possible. A poor man will always think that he is responsible for his wealth and therefore doesn’t believe that if it is forcefully taken, he can get it back (Deut 8:17-18).

Do you know that you are wealthy beyond even the documented wealth of King Solomon? We shall find out more about this fact in Part III……