Our Money

 

I loved to play board games when I was a kid. One of my favorites was Monopoly. I was thrilled when I got to be the banker and handle the money but, at the end of the game, I had to put it all back into the box until next time.

 

When we look at it from the viewpoint of eternity, all the money we have now is just Monopoly money. There’s one difference – we go into the box when our days are over, but the money stays behind!  Our money and all our other possessions are of no value to us when we die, just something to pass on to someone else. They have no eternal value, except to the extent that we use them for the benefit of, and under the direction of, God and His Kingdom.

 

We are called to distance ourselves from the pursuit of money for its own sake. Paul advised Timothy, “Godliness with contentment is great gain…..For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil” (1 Timothy 6:6, 6:10). There is nothing wrong with working hard to provide for our families and others – in fact, there is much to be said for productive labor. We get in trouble when the things we own, own us. Jesus warns us, “You cannot serve both God and Money” (Matthew 6:24).

 

David wrote, “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it” (Psalm 24:1). When we view ourselves as stewards of God’s resources and not owners, we can see our possessions in their proper perspective.

 

I’ll talk more about stewardship next week.

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