1 Timothy 6:10 is the most often quoted against wealth:
For the
love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they
have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
People twist this to say “money is the root of all evil” and
tend to leave off the “love of” part. Money is just money, nothing more. It
cannot rise up and kill people, it cannot lie to people, it cannot commit
adultery. Money just is and therefore cannot be the “root” of anything, but the
love of something other than God can be.
I have blogged about this a bunch but in context of my
recent study of “The Secret” I wanted to look at “love of money” a bit in that
context. With God, Jesus and The Secret the highest power emotion is love and
we can go throughout all to find examples, the key difference between love in
the Bible and in The Secret is the focus. The Bible is clear to love God first
then others, nothing more. The Secret on the other hand is love what you desire
and make that the focus.
This is why “the love of money is the root of all evil”
because it focuses on self-gratification and not God or others. When we focus
on money or any other idol outside God we tend to forget God and this is why
The Secret is so dangerous. Two commandments it violates is loving God and
coveting when the focus is away from God.
While the Law of Attraction may be in effect no matter what,
we need to understand it is to be used to glorify God and not self. If we do
attract wealth and power, it is to be used to love God and others else we could
get swept up in a misguided adventure.
Guess what I am trying to process is the fine line between
loving money and wanting money to glorify God. Both can be had with The Secret
and using the Law of Attraction, the difference is YOUR focus. I know this is
difficult to process since we can see the schism in the church with prosperity
preaching. The focus becomes things and not God. So when exploring the Law of
Attraction keep rooted in scripture because the dangers are real with the enemy
and temptations. Don’t get lazy! Awake oh sleeper!!