I have tried several times to become a prosperous person apparently on my own.  Nothing seemed to work. I used to work from 5 AM to midnight, 7 days a week, for months on end, but I could not seem to get ahead. I tried rental property but lost it all. Eventually, I had to take bankruptcy. 

All this time I gave or tithed to my church/fellowship. Eventually, I began to learn the other principles God laid out in His Word, the Bible, that make prosperity work. These are covered in other blogs.

The attraction of being a millionaire is partly an illusion. We have been fed the lie that millionaires drive luxury cars, live in expensive homes, wear fur, drink expensive wines, and frequent nightclubs.  But a great many of them are extremely hard workers and are self-employed, wise investors, and very watchful of their spending. Most operate the principles of prosperity God designed into the world.

Just to keep some perspective about the term “millionaire”. If you had a million dollars today and took it back to 1900, it would be worth about $30,000. That does not seem like a lot of money.  Inflation is a consumer of wealth.  The term may evoke feelings of wealth, but it is all relative.  Some farmers, for instance, maybe worth a million, but the worth is all tied up in their farm and land.  They would have to sell their land or farm or business to have cash in hand.

1 Timothy 6:9 However, those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful cravings, which cause people to sink into ruin and destruction.  WTJ

If your great desire is for wealth or riches, you are likely to put the wrong things first in your life and sink into ruin and destruction. For instance, a list of important functions in a good order might be:

1.    God
2.    Health
3.    Family
4.    Integrity
5.    Career

Many people put their careers first because of the income and their desire for earthly things.  Thus, they sacrifice their relationship with God, their health, their family, and many times their integrity.  This list is only a suggestion, but it is worth thinking about.  

Proverbs 8:11 For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

God says that our great desire should be for wisdom because that is far more valuable than rubies, (money, gold, or silver). So, our great desire would start with a desire for the wisdom of God’s Word and then wisdom and understanding in your field of work.  

The wisdom of God would start with how to walk for Him and serve Him, and, in the subject area we are talking about, move into learning how to handle money He entrusts us with. When you read about Solomon, he sought after the wisdom of God, and he learned that the great wisdom of God brought him great wealth.  But he sought God first. That is the key.

So instead of asking the question, “Who wants to be a Millionaire?”, maybe the question should be “Who is willing to seek after the wisdom of God?” Because God promises that if you will seek Him and His wisdom first, he will add all these other things into your life.

Learning to keep our desires in proper order is all part of learning to live The Prosperous Life.