About Your Money
Devotional Reading: Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: so shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. Proverbs 3:9, 10. KJV
This scripture teaches that God, as the giver of all our benefits, has a claim upon them all; that His claim should be our first consideration; and that a special blessing will attend all who honor this claim.
Here is a principle that is seen in all God’s dealings with men in that the Lord placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. He surrounded them with everything that could minister to their happiness, He only asked them to acknowledge Him as the possessor of all things. In the Garden He caused to grow every tree that was pleasant to the eye or good for food although among them He made one reserve which was to show their test of gratitude and loyalty to God.
So the Lord has imparted to us heaven’s richest treasure in giving us Jesus. With Him He has given us all things richly to enjoy. God entrusts men with means. He gives them power to get wealth..
Our money has not been given us that we might honor and glorify ourselves. As faithful stewards we are to use it for the honor and glory of God. Some think that only a portion of their means is the Lord’s. When they have set apart a portion for religious and charitable purposes, they regard the remainder as their own, to be used as they see fit. But in this they mistake. All we possess is the Lord’s, and we are accountable to Him for the use we make of it.
In the use of every penny, it will be seen whether we love God supremely and our neighbor as ourselves. Money has great value, because it can do great good. In the hands of God’s children it is for the cause of the kingdom, food for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, and clothing for the naked. But money is of no more value than sand, only as it is put to use in providing for the necessities of life, in blessing others, and advancing the cause of Christ.
Prayer and Confession
Thank you Jesus for blessing me with all, teach me to see myself has a steward of all that you have given me.
Further Reading: 2Corinthians 8
