The false narrative about money

Many people around the world look at money like it’s a means to salvation. We can easily think that if we just made a little more, everything would be alright, or if we found a higher-paying job, then we would finally be happy.

That’s a false narrative. Money cannot and will not buy happiness. Don’t misunderstand: money itself is not bad or wrong. But our relationship with money can quickly become that and much more.

That’s why the Bible teaches that we shouldn’t love money. Love of money, after all, is the root of all kinds of evil. But the Bible doesn’t just have negative teachings. It also tells us many things we should love, seek and prioritize instead of money.

Proverbs talks about the importance of wisdom and 1 Corinthians emphasizes love. But over and over, the Bible holds out one thing that is more crucial, more lasting, and more effectual than money.

That’s faith.

Perhaps no story in the Gospels demonstrates this truth better than the woman with the blood issue found in Mark 5:25-34. Many modern English translations of the Bible simply call this woman “sick.” But there’s more to her story.

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