Not many years ago people would commit themselves to one another by mere hand shake or just by saying yes I am in.

Well, well what can we say, people speak about reliable cars, equipment, software and so on, but to find reliable people in these times seems to be a rear thing, people are not that faithful in general and there "yes" does not amount to a yes, we see all the more people leaving one job to go to another and the calling card is normally perks or an extra dollar or two. Money has become many peoples measuring stick, they can be swayed by it, some will even turn from being a good citizen by the lure and temptations that money has to offer.
The word of God warns us that in the last days people will be lovers of money rather than lovers of God, you see we can not and should not make decisions based on financial lures, but we should rather make our decisions based on the will of God. How do we know what the will of God is, we come to know His will through a personal relationship with Him, did you know that God may say no when you think that this is definitely a yes. You see many times our eyes, ears and emotions respond to anything that may have an external benefit, but the Lord does not work in such a way, what matters to the Lord is faithfulness to His purpose for our lives, we must make sure of one thing and we need to continuously evaluate whether we are truly at one with the Fathers will

We are wisely instructed by the word of the Lord, that we should seek the kingdom of God and His righteousness.
Mat 6:33 NIV But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. We are also warned that we cannot severe two master, why because one will be loved and the other will be hated Mat 6:21-34 NIV For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. (22) "The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. (23) But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! (24) "No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money. (25) "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? (26) Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? (27) Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? (28) "And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. (29) Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. (30) If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? (31) So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' (32) For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. (33) But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. (34) Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

I want to remind you that God is faithful and has eternal plans, money can not go with you beyond the grave, the Egyptian Pharaoh's had there wealth berried with them and guess what there mummified bodies are still there, there wealth stayed where it was berried (that is is the grave robbers did not find it) and there supposed riches did them no good beyond the grave, but for those who have put there trust in God this is what the scripture have to say. Rev 22:12-13 NIV "Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has done. (13) I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.

Look at this wonderful scripture Heb 13:5-6 AMP Let your character or moral disposition be free from love of money [including greed, avarice, lust, and craving for earthly possessions] and be satisfied with your present [circumstances and with what you have]; for He [God] Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support. [I will] not, [I will] not, [I will] not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let [you] down (relax My hold on you)! [Assuredly not!] [Josh. 1:5.] (6) So we take comfort and are encouraged and confidently and boldly say, The Lord is my Helper; I will not be seized with alarm [I will not fear or dread or be terrified]. What can man do to me? [Ps. 27:1;118:6.]

The beauty of this message is that God promises us the He will never leave us nor forsake us, money can not lead you to eternity, nor can it follow you beyond the grave, but the Lord is with you both now and then, therefore seek the true wealth that is freely offered to those who trust in His unfailing love.

Look at what the "Faithful One" offers you
Isa 48:18-19 NIV If only you had paid attention to my commands, your peace would have been like a river, your righteousness like the waves of the sea. (19) Your descendants would have been like the sand, your children like its numberless grains; their name would never be cut off nor destroyed from before me."