LITTLE THINGS BY Charles Robert Morrison

IV. Little Things that Make for WEALTH.
"But you shall remember the Lord your God; for it is He who gives you power to get
wealth!" Deuteronomy 8:18
A false impression prevails as to the possession of wealth, and its
consistency with a righteous character.
The common idea is, that goodness and poverty go hand in hand; that to
possess wealth, is to be possessed by the wicked one.
Money is not the root of all evil. It is the love of money that excludes a
higher and nobler affection, and is the beginning, the source, the root
of all evil.
Abraham was the friend of God, yet he was rich, had been, and was,
abundantly blessed in that friendship. Job was rich, and his integrity
was not impaired by his prosperity. Even in his distress and affliction,
he maintained his righteousness, and in the end was blessed even more
abundantly in flocks and herds, lands and money. Joseph of Arimathea,
who, with Nicodemus, was a friend of Jesus, was rich in worldly goods,
as also in spiritual experiences.
God's plan in conferring upon us the dignity and self-respect of
ownership--as a steward of His--is often thwarted by the abuse of that
stewardship and the criminal disregard of the trust committed to us.
The undue haste to get rich, occurs only when the relationship between
God the Giver and man the steward, is forgotten or ignored. Such
forgetfulness or rebellion results in degradation of soul to the
sordidness of things of time and sense and the material world.
God plans and places everything at the disposal of His children. He lays
His kingdom at their feet, and bids them become His stewards. "For all
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