Penn Yan United Methodist
Friday, September 10, 2010
Open Hearts ~ Open Minds ~ Open Doors
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Stewardship
“God Owns It All” is the chapter heading in a book by a Christian author who presents this chapter first as the foundation for money management and giving.
God does own it all! That’s the teaching of Psalm 24:1 which says, “The earth is the Lord’s.” Psalm 50:10 says that all of the beasts of the field belong to God, and that the cattle on a thousand hills are His. Haggai 2:8 says that God even owns the silver and gold in all the mines.
Now, God allows us to use what rightfully belongs to Him, but God continues to retain the ownership. We are managers and stewards of what God has entrusted to us. Someday, when we stand before the Lord, we shall give an account of what kind of job we’ve done in managing the resources which God has allowed us to use.
That’s why every spending decision becomes a spiritual decision. Every time we use some of God’s money, we’re making a decision which has eternal ramifications.
Are you using money and possessions as if they belong to you, or are you making spending decisions with the full realization that it all belongs to God?
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