Christian prosperity versus christian austerity: the truth.

       
            Good day everyone, today's post came as a result of a little conflict in the minds of Christians I observed concerning the issue of a whether a Christian is justified to accrue wealth or abstain from it. I'd be sharing what God revealed to me concerning the issue.  
            First of all, I'm a believer in the fact that whenever two parties are on two extremes in an argument, the solution is to compromise. a balance must be struck. This applies strongly to a large portion of the Church's increasing tendency to carry a particular doctrine and run to the extreme with it and refuse any other view.
            Matt 6:31-33 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
 32   For after all these things do the Gentiles seek: for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
KJV
           The point being that there's a christian way to approach things. The focus is on the kingdom. The blessings, wealth e.t.c are add-ons. Many men in their pursuit of being "the richest man alive" have made money their God. Even overly focusing on material things can make you lose sight of whats first.
          Josh 1:8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
         Seek ye first the kingdom, Success will come, money will come. And when it comes, don't run and say you don't want prosperity. Pastor Adeboye humorously speaks of his early days as a minister when he ran from gifts and God cautioned him by telling him that he's preventing the giver from being blessed by not accepting it.
         Meditate on these things, shalom..