What Is Biblical Wealth?

In this Sabbath session, we open Deuteronomy 8 and begin an honest, layered conversation about wealth—not just what it is, but what it isn’t.

Through prayer and real reflection, we consider how the wilderness prepared Israel to receive not riches, but land, legacy, and the responsibility of covenant.

Regina shares stories of family, culture, and questions that still linger: What do we leave behind? What did our parents leave us? And how do we walk—intentionally—toward something lasting?

This is not a talk about money. It’s about the spiritual and practical realities of generational inheritance, obedience, and sacred responsibility.

Where are you in your wilderness journey? Are you walking in promise—or still circling the desert?

In this Ancient Wisdom session, we continue our larger bible study in Deuteronomy 8 and explore what it means for God to give us a good land—one with water, wheat, and hidden treasures beneath the soil. But receiving the land isn’t the end of the story. It must be worked, understood, and passed on.

We explore how the idea of wealth is connected to the land and the abundance available to us.

This conversation moves us from romanticized ideas of prosperity to the gritty reality of wealth: work, discipline, obedience, and generational training. What good is land without knowledge? What good is blessing without humility?

We reflect on ancient Israel’s journey, the danger of forgetting, and the responsibility of receiving. Wealth isn't magic—it’s covenant. And every harvest demands preparation.

Where is your land? And what are you teaching those who will inherit it?

00:00 Selah Welcome

00:54 The Opening Prayer

02:03 Picking up in Deuteronomy 8:6

04:10 The Land as the Gift – But Also the Test

06:12 The Promise of a Good Land – Streams, Wheat, Barley, and Vineyards

08:45 What Does It Mean to Have "Enough"?

11:17 How Wealth Requires Work: The Land Doesn’t Work Itself

13:59 Are You Preparing the Land—Or Consuming It?

16:20 Real-World Examples: Farming, Training, and Responsibility

18:55 Personal Reflections: What Have You Been Given?

22:30 The Problem of Mismanaging the Blessing

25:10 Land Without Knowledge Is Not Wealth

28:02 “Don’t Forget the Lord Your God” – The Real Warning

30:36 Building, Digging, Planting: Wealth Is a System

34:41 The Power to Get Wealth – Not by Your Own Hand

37:05 What Are You Passing Down?

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🎧 Taught by R. Roundtree

📖 Selah Sabbath Studies – Ancient Wisdom for Modern Life

In this Sabbath session, we complete our journey through Deuteronomy 8—pausing over the power, and danger, of entering the land with full hands but forgetful hearts.

We reflect on the stories we inherit—some rich with blessing, others marked by silence, trauma, or loss. From untaught wisdom and unused land to generational patterns of pain, we ask: What did your parents really leave you? And what will you leave behind?

This is a conversation about more than economics. It’s about memory, healing, and the command to honor—even when inheritance is complicated. We are reminded that the power to get wealth is not self-made. It is covenantal. It is generational. And it demands responsibility.

You may be in year 38 of your wilderness—but the land is still ahead. How are you preparing to cross?