“So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches?” Luke 16:11 NIV
Our church is currently doing a series on coming out of finical denial. and Boy oh boy have I learned about the affects of poor money management over the past 9 months as I’ve been unemployed. When I was employed I barely put money into my savings and although I was frugal and I tithed the truth is I wasn’t always careful of how I was spending money and money was just evaporating.
The last thing we need is more money to make mistakes at a greater level -Elder Courtney Harkness
While going through the process of looking for work and not being able to be financially where I want to be it hit me like a ton of bricks that money won’t solve all your problems especially when you aren’t a good steward of what you currently have. I have to change the way I maintain God’s resources!
And I say God’s resources because often times we have this thinking because something is in our possession that it is ours but this simply isn’t true. Everything that we have belongs to God and we are to be good stewards of His resources.
11 Yours is the mighty power and glory and victory and majesty. Everything in the heavens and earth is yours, O Lord, and this is your kingdom. We adore you as being in control of everything. 1 Chronicles 29:11 (TLB)
God won’t bless you with more than your character can handle . – Elder Will Gravely
Yikes! So my character reveals where my heart and mind is when it comes to how I maintain the things I currently have and how much God can trust me with in the future. Living in discontentment, not appreciating what I have or living beyond my means doesn’t show God that he can trust me with more. So how do I change this? By asking the Lord to rebuild my character and change my thinking so that He can trust me. I’m not asking to be super rich but what I am asking is to have more discernment with what God blesses me with and live within my means.
Love, Lesli
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