Money Is Not The Answer!

Can money fix everything? No. Money is not the answer.

For a long time this nation has operated upon the false premise that more money can fix about anything. But, does the evidence substantiate the claim? Absolutely not! Billions and billions of dollars have been poured into programs to help the poor, but people are still living in squalor and struggling to make ends meet. Billions more have been spent on education, yet we continue to hear disparaging news about our educational system and the lack of a properly educated work force in this country.

Nearly every week some new national crisis is declared, and demands for billions to fix it may be heard. Obviously, a certain amount of money is necessary to feed the hungry, house the needy, and educate the children of this nation. But, there comes a time when more money is not the answer. All the money in the world cannot educate children who are unwilling to learn. No matter how much money we spend, we cannot lift anyone out of poverty who is unwilling to help himself.

In most cases, what is needed is not more money, but more determination, more ambition, more resolve to do better. People need a hand up more than a hand out! What is needed is more self-reliance, more hard work, more commitment to succeed. People need to help themselves! What is needed is more faith in God, more faith in God given values, more faith in the Bible. The true measure of a man is not what he owns, but what owns him. No man is truly successful who has left God out of his life!

If you think money is the answer, think again. Solomon described two kinds of men in Proverbs 13:7. First, there are those who make themselves rich, but are really impoverished. Then, there are those who make themselves poor, but in fact, have great riches. All the money in the world cannot buy good health, a good name, a single additional day of life, or our eternal salvation.

Money is not the answer. Often, it is the problem! The love of money remains “the root of all evil” (1 Timothy 6:10).