"If I have money, I'll become selfish and lose my relationship with God."
How it sounds in your head: I've heard stories about people who got rich and forgot about God. What if having money changes me? What if I become one of those shallow girls who only cares about stuff? Maybe it's safer to just not have much.
"Both riches and honor come from You, and You reign over all. In Your hand is power and might; in Your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all."
-- 1 Chronicles 29:12Source: Religion teaching that money corrupts, rooted in the misquote 'money is the root of all evil' and fear-based control to keep people dependent.
You're at an age where you're forming your identity, and the last thing you want is to become someone you don't recognize. If every cautionary tale involves someone with money, it feels like wealth is the problem, not the heart.
God gave Solomon riches and honor without him asking for it—'I have also given you what you have not asked: both riches and honor' (1 Kings 3:13). Solomon's wealth came directly from God's hand, and God called him the wisest man who ever lived.
I REFUSE the lie that money will corrupt me or separate me from God. IT IS WRITTEN in 1 Chronicles 29:12 that riches and honor come FROM God, and in His hand is the power to make great and give strength. God is the SOURCE of my wealth, and He gives me the strength to handle it with wisdom. I am a branch attached to the Vine, and as long as I abide in Him, I produce good fruit AUTOMATICALLY. IT IS WRITTEN in John 15:5 that apart from Him I can do nothing, but IN Him, I bear much fruit. Money doesn't change my heart—God guards my heart.
The Father doesn't give you a gift and then wait for you to mess it up—He's not setting you up for failure. He gives you wealth AND the wisdom to steward it, because He's not a cruel Father dangling temptation; He's a good Father equipping His daughter to thrive.