The #1 verse I use to define “enough” financially
 And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. (2 Corinthians 9:8)
Work and money are inextricably linked. So over the next four weeks, I’ll unpack four biblical principles for honoring God with your income—whether you’re barely making ends meet or enjoying far more than your “daily bread.”Â
Here’s the first: We are free to enjoy the fruit of our labor—but the primary purpose of abundance is to bless others.
1 Timothy 6:17 makes the first half of that statement clear. After warning Timothy not to put his “hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God,” Paul says it is that same God “who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.”
But Paul is even clearer that the primary purpose of our abundance is to bless others. In 2 Corinthians 9:8, he implies that abundance is anything beyond what you “need” to “abound in every good work” God has called you to.Â
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