沒有智慧的財富會成為陷阱，沒有謙卑的富足會成為詛咒
Wealth without wisdom becomes a snare and abundance without humility becomes a curse
作者：葛理翰牧師
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你必須明白，沒有智慧的財富會成為陷阱，沒有謙卑的富足會成為詛咒。
神深知這一點，所以神會在賜給你財富之前，先潔淨你的動機。
祂會在暗中考驗你的內心，使你為日後在公眾面前的成功做好準備。
You must understand that wealth without wisdom becomes a snare.
And abundance without humility becomes a curse.
God knows this, which is why he purifies your motives before he multiplies your resources. He tests your heart in secret to prepare you for success in public.
路加福音 12:15 於是對眾人說：「你們要謹慎自守，免去一切的貪心，因為人的生命不在乎家道豐富。」
真正的財富並非用金錢衡量，而是用勇氣、信心和內心的平靜來衡量。所以，繼續前行，繼續相信，繼續信靠神。
It was the reason you discovered that true wealth is not measured in currency, but in courage, faith, and peace of mind. So, keep walking, keep believing, keep trusting.
如果神太早把一切都賜給你，那份祝福反而會壓垮你。
但如果他先磨練你的品格，同樣的祝福反而會提升你。
所以，如果他遲延你財務成長，那是因為他正在鞏固支撐財務成長的基礎。
神用金錢上的困境來考驗祂所揀選的人，還有更深層的原因。
If God gave you everything too soon, the blessing would crush you. But if he trains your character first, the same blessing will lift you.
So if he’s delaying your financial increase, it’s because He’s
strengthening the foundation that will hold it.
There is also a deeper reason God tests his chosen with money struggles.
神要將愛他的人與只愛祂祝福的人區分開來。
許多人尋求神是為了祂的恩賜，而不是為了祂的同在。
但當恩賜似乎消失時，只有真正尋求祂的人才會留下來。
而這些人正是神所獎賞的，因為他們已經學到，神的同在遠勝過任何物質財富。
He wants to separate those who love him from those who love what he gives. Many people seek God for His gifts, not for His presence.
But when the gifts seem to disappear, only the true seekers remain. And those are the ones God rewards because they have learned that His presence is greater than any possession.
雷斯特．桑瑞爾博士曾說：「今天，魔鬼非常喜歡基督徒以自己的事業和家庭為中心，這樣，他們就會失去救靈魂的異象。對我而言，如果在死去的時候，我仍是個百萬富翁，就等於是背叛了耶穌基督的福音。」
雷斯特．桑瑞爾博士(Dr. Lester Sumrall)真的是先求神的國、先求神的義的人。