RSSWho’s Your Master, God or Money?
Dec 26
General, The Bible & Money God and Mon No Comments
“One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? And if you have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own? No servant can serve two masters, for 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 God and money.” (Luke 16:10-13 ESV)
Many people have the idea that they would be better managers of what God has given them if He would just give them a little more. This passage shows us that the people who handle money improperly with little, would do the same if they were given much.
Don’t throw away 100 pennies in search for a dollar. Maximize what you have, and make every cent count. If you learn to apply God’s wise principles in your lack, the disciplines learned will be invaluable in the event you amass great wealth.
This in itself would be enough to convince a wise man to change his ways, but Jesus took it a step further when He said, “If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches?” I believe the “true riches” spoken of to be spiritual riches, things pertaining to the very Kingdom of God itself. Many people like to separate their “spiritual lives” from their “natural lives,” but when God renews your spiritual life on the inside, it shows up in tangible differences on the outside. Therefore, if you have been “born again,” your bank account should reflect that redemption. And I’m not talking about paying 10 percent to your church, but honoring the Lord with your substance (Pr 3:9), with 100 percent of what He allows to come through your hands.
Be encouraged, be inspired, be diligent.
J. Black