Like most other issues, money has a good side and a bad side. On the bad side, worries about money can grip our lives. Money can also give us a false sense of security and cause us to be selfish and sin against other people. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus gave us three words of warning related to money. However, it would be a mistake to think that money is bad in the eyes of the Lord.
Money has a good side as well.
It can actually enhance our relationship with God as we use it to care for the poor, to help evangelistic efforts, and to bless our friends with our generosity. Jesus wants us to put money in its proper perspective. If we want to build heavenly treasures, then we must make Jesus our master and use our money to bless other people. We can build a proper perspective toward money by taking a threefold approach. First, God has given us the right to earn a living wage as we develop the talents he has given us.