You can live without money, but when your time runs out, you are finished! You have the same amount of this valuable resource that everyone else has, 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour, 24 hours in a day and 365 (or 366) days in a year. How precious is it? Reportedly, the dying words of Queen Elizabeth I were these: “All my possessions for a moment of time.”
It can be spent or wasted but can never be saved or returned to you.
Everyone’s supply is renewed every single day he or she is alive. It is a resource that is universally nondiscriminatory and fairly distributed. 16:1-2).There is a resource you have that is far more precious than your money. Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come (1 Cor. Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. Third Give a portion of our money back to the Lord for the work of the church. We should always be tender hearted to those less fortunate than we are. One of the things which offended God during the days of Israel was that on many occasions they did not take care of the poor. There are special blessings which one will receive when helping the poor. Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth (Eph.
God expects us to take care of our family with the money He has blessed us with. Knowing that God owns everything and that we wish to be good stewards over our money we must then ask what is the purpose of our money? First our money is to be used to support our family.īut if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel (1 Tim. The first-century Christians understood this,Īnd the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own but they had all things common (Acts 4:32). 1:17).ĭavid wrote, “The earth is the LORD’s, and the fulness thereof The world, and they that dwell therein” (Ps. James said,Įvery good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning (Jas. When learning to be a good steward over our money the first thing we should understand is that all we have belongs to God. Because of his love for money, his soul was required by God that very night and the question was asked “…whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?” (Luke 12:20). Then He gave a parable about a certain rich man who had this very problem, he was a covetous person or a lover of money. Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth (Luke 12:15). Those who have a love for money will not be good stewards over their money, but they will let their money rule them and it will cost them their soul. As Paul wrote,įor the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows (1 Tim. We must be careful when having a desire to make all we can that we do not let money become our god. Give all he can.” Most people like to make all they can, and some are good at saving all they can, but few are good a giving all they can. Black wrote, “There is a three-fold duty of a good steward: 1. Using this word as it relates to our money, it would mean that we have been put in charge of supervising the way we manage our money. The word “steward” means, “a person in charge of supervising workers.”1 So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first (Matt.
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