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Money rules, OK?
'"Because you have been trustworthy ..."' Luke 19:17
Money! It's the answer to everything, right? Wrong. Money may buy you a bed but it won't get you sleep. It buys books but won't give you brains. It gets you medicine but not health. It could buy image but not character. It could even get you religion ... but not salvation.
So, does that mean God doesn't want you to have money? No, not at all. He will actually trust you with more money when you show that your trust isn't in your money, but in Him alone (1 Timothy 6:17). When you become a good steward of what you have, God will entrust you with more. '...
Then he sent for the servants ... he had given the money, in order to find out what they had gained with it. The first one came and said, '... Sir, your mina has earned ten more.' 'Well done ...' his master replied. '... Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities' (Luke 19:15-17 NIV).
When you can walk away from material things to do God's will, God will trust you with more. Abraham left the security of his home to fulfil God's plan, and he ended up one of the world's wealthiest men.
Today, are you going to let money be your ruler, or God? I think you'll find life makes a lot more sense with God in charge, so trust Him today, and show Him He can trust you.
written by Bob Gass
'"Because you have been trustworthy ..."' Luke 19:17
Money! It's the answer to everything, right? Wrong. Money may buy you a bed but it won't get you sleep. It buys books but won't give you brains. It gets you medicine but not health. It could buy image but not character. It could even get you religion ... but not salvation.
So, does that mean God doesn't want you to have money? No, not at all. He will actually trust you with more money when you show that your trust isn't in your money, but in Him alone (1 Timothy 6:17). When you become a good steward of what you have, God will entrust you with more. '...
Then he sent for the servants ... he had given the money, in order to find out what they had gained with it. The first one came and said, '... Sir, your mina has earned ten more.' 'Well done ...' his master replied. '... Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities' (Luke 19:15-17 NIV).
When you can walk away from material things to do God's will, God will trust you with more. Abraham left the security of his home to fulfil God's plan, and he ended up one of the world's wealthiest men.
Today, are you going to let money be your ruler, or God? I think you'll find life makes a lot more sense with God in charge, so trust Him today, and show Him He can trust you.
written by Bob Gass
