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God gives you power to work and get wealth

Austin Gardner • August 25, 2022

the tendency to turn from Him-God to ourselves when we prosper

Take this passage of Scripture and teach it to your children. I am writing these little lessons on work for a friend with a children's home. The goal would be to take a very few minutes every day to teach them the Biblical truth about work. They must work to succeed. They may have a cultural aversion to work. They must learn that we are from a different culture. We are heavenly-minded, not earthly-minded. We are different. We do not fit into the mold of this world.


Deuteronomy 8:17  And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth. 18 But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day. 


  • God wants us to know the truth in our hearts
  • It is not enough to pious say that God is blessing us and helping up
  • We must really believe that it is God working in our lives in the pit of our soul
  • From the inside out we should believe that it is all God


  • What might God’s people, Israel, say
  • They could begin to think of how strong they were to take the land
  • They could believe that it was their power as a people and their ability to accomplish things
  • The could believe that their talents accomplished great things


  • God wanted His people to remember Him. He was their Lord-King, He was their God-the one who had made them
  • God had given them power
  • God would take them into the promised land
  • God would keep His Word as He gave it to His people


  • These words are preemptive. 
  • He is telling them this while they are still in the wilderness
  • He knows the tendency to turn from Him-God to ourselves when we prosper
  • People as a whole like to forget where they come from
  • They want to be respected
  • They are no longer slaves
  • They are no longer nomads wandering in the desert
  • They have defeated others and proven their power
  • God knows what will happen and tries to get them ready to deal with the future


  • Learn to work and you will be a success
  • Just never forget this moment where you are\
  • Never forget when God blesses that it was God that blessed you
  • Never think of yourself more highly than you ought to think



The Dignity of Work


First Mention of Work

There was work before the fall

Commanded to Work

God gifted people to do a certain work

Even the poor had to work to get food




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