If God blessed many of us with some money with our current mindset, our desire for instant gratification, our impulsive tendencies that are out of control, and our media-driven consumer mentality, these character traits would cause many us to blow most of or all of God’s financial blessings.
Queen Latifa stars in a movie title Last Holiday. She is mistaken told by her doctors she has a terminal illness and has a very short time to live. Believing that she is dying and her days are numbered, she decides to do the one thing on her bucket list that she has dreamed about all her entire life: travel to Europe.
She goes to her bank and withdraws all her life savings. She intends for this dream vacation to be an experience of a lifetime. Queen Latifa character in the movie books her plane travel first class to once in her lifetime experience what the rich people experience when they travel.
She books her hotel reservation in a five-star hotel where the rich people stays and picks the high rollers penthouse suite, which includes the luxury pamper package only for the rich people. She dines out every night at the finest five-star restaurants where the rich people eat. She lives on the financial edge as if there is no tomorrow.
Many of us live our financial lives the pretty much the same way. We spend as if there is no tomorrow. One of the definitions of maturity is learning to delay pleasure. If you struggle like me and many others in your spending here’s 5 tips from Financial Peace University www.fpu.com to help you make wise choices when buying items over $250:
1) Wait over night before buying. Sleeping on it takes the edge off you. 2) Consider your buying motives; why and why now? 3) Don’t buy things you don’t understand or can’t explain. 4) Consider the opportunity cost. Would the money be better invested or saved? 5) Seek the counsel of your spouse. If single the counsel of a mature Christian you know and respect. (That have some money and is a faithful steward)
When God opens the doors of heaven to pour out financial blessings to you, spend your money wisely. Learn to say no to the person in the mirror. In the bible Paul says it like this, “Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to be content with whatever I have.” Philippians 4:11 (NLT)
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