God’s Perspective About Money

Now He was also saying to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and this manager was reported to him as squandering his possessions. And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’ The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg. I know what I shall do, so that when I am removed from the management people will welcome me into their homes.’ And he summoned each one of his master’s debtors, and he began saying to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ And he said, ‘A hundred measures of oil.’ And he said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’ Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ And he said, ‘A hundred measures of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’ And his master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this age are more shrewd in relation to their own kind than the sons of light. And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by means of the wealth of unrighteousness, so that when it fails, they will receive you into the eternal dwellings. He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much; and he who is unrighteous in a very little thing is unrighteous also in much. Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of unrighteous wealth, who will entrust the true riches to you?” Luke 16:1-11

If you’re teaching a teenager to drive, you don’t start him off in a Ferrari. If you’re teaching a youngster about hunting, you don’t give him a twelve-gauge shotgun. Instead you start at a beginner’s level with compatible equipment.

For the Christian, money, plays a similar role. God has much He wants to entrust to us: effective ministry to others, evangelization of the unredeemed, and influential leadership in our families and the body of Christ. However, God is careful to distribute the stewardship of His spiritual treasures to those who have proven faithful in a much more common endeavor - the management of their financial resources.
       
Money is a tool God uses to develop the disciplines of self-control, contentment, and giving. To check your progress in this area, answer the following questions: Do you view money as your rightful recompense or as God’s blessing? Do you seek God’s will and wisdom in your spending, or do your pleasures and preferences rule? Are you giving at least a tenth of your income to God’s work?

As God witnesses your diligence and faithfulness in the use of money, He is eager to bestow far greater riches upon you.

 “He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much...” Luke 16:10