Five Truths About Money

"He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves abundance with its income. This too is vanity. When good things increase, those who consume them increase. So what is the advantage to their owners except to look on? The sleep of the working man is pleasant, whether he eats little or much. But the full stomach of the rich man does not allow him to sleep.
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being hoarded by their owner to his hurt. When those riches were lost through a bad investment and he had fathered a son, then there was nothing to support him. As he had come naked from his mother's womb, so will he return as he came. He will take nothing from the fruit of his labor that he can carry in his hand. And this also is a grievous evil-- exactly as a man is born, thus will he die. So, what is the advantage to him who toils for the wind?" Eccles. 5:10-16

Dr. Karl Menninger once asked a very wealthy patient, "What on earth are you going to do with all of that money?" The patient replied, a bit reluctantly. "Just worry about it, I suppose." Well, Menninger went on, "Do you get that much pleasure out of worrying about it?" "No," replied the patient, "but I get such terror when I think of giving some of it to somebody else."

That is exactly what Solomon is talking about in our passage. Look again at this passage from Ecclesiastes and let me give you five truths about money.
Verse 10 - The more you have, the more you want.
Verse 11 - The more you have, the more you spend.
Verse 12 - The more you have, the more you worry.
Verse 13, 14 - The more you have, the more you lose.
Verse 15, 16 - The more you have, the more you leave!

Don't let money be your god!!!
Being a good steward means that you understand everything you have belongs to God.

Let God lead you, teach you, and guide you in your stewardship, and always remember you can't out give God.