Is money working for you?

Or do you work for money? Sounds secular? Let's look at that from a scriptural perspective: Is mammon your master or your slave? Obviously you can't serve two masters. Yet of course, we are by no means asking you to quit your job or to stop working. So how do we get money to work for us?

How do we employ money as our slave? Well, first of all we have to deal with our attitudes toward money and acknowledge this fact: God owns it all. Yes, everything from your piggy bank to your tumbling stocks to the coins lost in your sofa. Even your job. Secondly, money is never an end in itself, but is merely a tool to reach goals, obligations and accomplish what the Master wants.

Is it wrong to have financial independence? The answer is simple, no it is not wrong unless it is independent from God. Once you get that right, then you'll understand that money is nothing more than a resource provided by God to allow us to accomplish His purposes.

Remember the example of Solomon, who did not ask God for riches or wealth but instead he asked for wisdom. Godly wisdom. He knew who his Master was, and he knew what matters more than money. So he got more than just wisdom, but riches and wealth as well.

Today's Bottom Line

Acknowledge God is not just as your Master but that He owns everything you have. And decide today to make money your slave.

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