By Mark Andrew Beach

So, for those of us stuck in the fog of wondering whether wealth even should have a place in our lives, let me say this clearly: my purpose in writing this is to emphasize that yes—it is absolutely OK with God that we build wealth. In fact, it is His will for each of His children to become wealthy, just as He is. Think about it—doesn’t everything around us already belong to Him? And if it’s all His, wouldn’t that make Him the wealthiest being in the Universe?

What I want to share here is my personal journey—my experiences, struggles, and the inner wrestling match I had coming to terms with that truth.

For years, I wrestled with the concept of wealth. The Bible confused me. I grew up reading things like “money is the root of all evil” and “it’s easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven.” But at the same time, I was learning from powerful, spiritually grounded teachers—people like Og Mandino, Zig Ziglar, Napoleon Hill—who not only taught principles of success and wealth, but did so through the lens of deep Christian faith.

Intellectually, I grasped what they were saying. I understood the principles. I started putting them into practice. I even saw how spiritually aligned they were with what I believed. But... when my results didn’t come quickly or in the way I expected, doubt started creeping in.

Let me be clear though—my doubt wasn’t, “This doesn’t work.” No, my doubt turned inward. I’ve always been more prone to self-blame than blame the system. So instead of saying, “These principles are faulty,” I thought, “Great... so we’ve got the greatest success secrets in the universe, but apparently, for some unknown reason, God has decided I’m not meant to be wealthy. It must not be His will for me.”

Maybe, I told myself, this was God’s way of keeping me “humble” or “righteous.” Maybe it was fine for other people to succeed, but not for me. How’s that for some twisted logic?

But every time I spiraled down that path, one of God’s laws would come back to confront me. He says:

“There is a law, irrevocably decreed in heaven before the foundations of this world, upon which all blessings are predicated… And when we obtain any blessing from God, it is by obedience to that law upon which it is predicated.”

Which means, logically, the reverse must also be true: if I obey the law tied to a particular blessing, the outcome is guaranteed. God doesn’t play favorites. He doesn’t randomly decide who gets to succeed and who doesn’t. He's not arbitrary or capricious. And let me tell you—I wrestled hard with that.

Because I wasn’t seeing the blessings I thought I was working toward, I began to cling to the idea that maybe God had some different, mysterious mission for me. Maybe I was the exception to the rule. But then, God showed me something deeper.

He reminded me of one of the most sacred truths: God’s will for us will never override our own free will. That’s the one thing in all of creation that isn’t automatically His. It’s the only thing we truly have to offer back to Him—our will.

I knew He had a plan for me. I knew He wanted what was best. But I also knew that if I wanted to align with that plan, I had to choose to surrender my will to His. And so the wrestling match continued.

Until one day—during a moment of prayer, reading, and reflection—it finally hit me. Like a ton of bricks.

God is my Father. I am His child. And just like any loving parent, He wants the best for His kids. He wants me to be happy. He wants me to grow. He wants me to learn to be like Him. That includes learning how to create, how to build, how to bless others. And that includes wealth.

Suddenly, everything I had learned about success, abundance, prosperity—all of it—clicked. It made deep, spiritual sense.

And in that moment, I felt the weight of accountability. I had wasted time—precious time—not living up to my full potential. I saw how my internal struggle with this false belief had become a convenient hiding place for all my other limiting thoughts about money, success, and worth.

Let me tell you, accepting this truth didn’t just shift my mindset. It shifted my life. It changed my relationship with wealth—and that, in turn, changed my results. Sometimes, coming face to face with a hard truth is all it takes to turn your life around.

It certainly did for me.