The past 5 mornings I have woken up around 6:30 am or before to study the scriptures. A wonderful friend of mine inspired me to do so....along with Heavenly Father obviously. After reading yesterday, I visited several other scriptures relating to riches and money. I often battle with this in my head because I don't ever want greed to be part of me, but during this day and age, saving, planning, living, etc. requires money. So how do I find the balance in desiring wealth and financial abundance while still maintaining my humility.
In Psalms 62:10 it reads: "Trust not in oppression and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your hearts upon them."
Ecclesiastes 5:19: Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God"
And in the Book of Mormon...Jacob 2:18: "Before ye seek for riches, seek ye for the kingdom."
Trust me...this is leading into my dream, I promise!
So I can see here that yes, many times in the scriptures, money and riches caused a lot of problems, but they have also been used for good and have been given as gifts from God.
In my dream, I was taken to this underground excavation of what looked like a VERY wealthy ancient society that had been buried underground over time. It was the largest collection of gold ever found. there were golden statues and tons of other things made of pure gold. This women (I have no idea who) secretly led me to a path that had a secret, off limits gate at the end. We went in and it was like a shopping mall, but there was artwork everywhere. Most of this artwork was ancient and special drawings or paintings of Christ. I looked around in amazement and with a small but humble feeling of pride and honor to be in the presence of something so sacred. The collection of gold had left my mind as I entered into the presence of something worth more than anything else.
Preserved, more than the largest collections of fine gold & riches ever found, was Christ. He took first priority over all else.
When I woke up and was review and journalling this dream, I felt as if I had subliminally passed a test. I felt like Heavenly Father testes me in my weakest, most revealing, unhindered and truthful state.....(dream land). Was I going to be able to look past all the gold, and blindly follow someone I didn't even know to the real sacred treasure? Yes. I did. I truly know that God heard my question and revealed to me my own personal answer.
3 comments:
What an amazing dream, sis! You are an amazing person and you are an inspiration! I miss you so incredible much!
What an amazing dream, sis! You are so inspiring! I miss you so incredibly much I can't stand it! I love you!
I have had some wonderful revelations about this over the last year or so. It does nobody any good for you to be pious and deprived. The Universe (and God) are infinitely creative and abundant, and having wealth does not make you less worthy in God's eyes. The risk comes in temptation, or need, or attachment, which could be to gold or food or even a False image of what God is. The devil is not in "things", he is in actions and intentions. There is enough room in this infinitely loving and creative and abundant universe for everyone to be beautiful, rich, and successful. You being the best you can be means the world can be helped by you even more. I definitely suggest you read Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love. It answered so many of my questions!
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