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Where's my money Lord?


Our relationship with Christ is weak.  It won’t survive wealth. And that’s why so many Christians are broke today.  


God loves us too much to allow wealth, or anything for that matter, to get in the way of our relationship with him.  The inheritance is stored away for an appointed time until we will be able to handle it, if ever at all.  So, we can stop shaking our fists at God, wondering why he hasn’t saved us from our financial burdens.  It is not his storehouse that is empty, it is our devotion to him.  In Howard Dayton’s book, Your Money Counts, he cites, “Someone once observed that for every 99 people who can be poor and remain close to Christ, only one can become wealthy and maintain close fellowship with Him.” 


Deuteronomy 31:20-21 states: “When I have brought them into the land flowing with milk and honey, the land I promised on oath to their forefathers, and when they eat their fill and thrive, they will turn to other gods and worship them, rejecting me and breaking my covenant. And when many disasters and difficulties come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten by their descendants. I know what they are disposed to do, even before I bring them into the land I promised them on oath.” 


Some of us are just not very good stewards of the blessings God has given us.  We are in financial ruin because we have poor spending habits, we fail or hate to budget and keep track of our finances, we over indulge and pay massively for it in credit card debt.  These are self-inflicted wounds.  However, there is immediate help and relief.  Today can be the start of a better financial future.  There are so many resources to helping you put your financial house in order.  And in the process of getting your financial house in order, get your spiritual house in order.  Devote time to God.  Strengthen your relationship with him.  Reaffirm your position as his follower and heir to an incredible inheritance.  Know who and whose you are and live from that place.  


It is God’s true desire that you have everything you need and have the best life possible on this side of heaven.  This best life is one filled with passion, the pursuit of righteousness, and abundance of freedom and peace.  He’s interested in YOU!  And he can use money and other various circumstances to build godly character.  Let him work on you.  Let him build you up.  Then let him fill you up to overflowing.


Some resources I have found particularly helpful

Book: Your Money Counts by Howard Dayton
Book: The Magic of Tiny Business by Sharon Rowe
Book: The practice of Godliness by Jerry Bridges
I'd also be happy to hear from you and the resources you have found helpful along the way.  Would you please share it with us?  

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