Honoring God in our Finances

Jan. 4, 2021 | By Creflo Dollar

If you’re like most people, you probably sense the world’s fascination with money. There’s nothing wrong with having wealth, but some people go to the extreme and become obsessed with material possessions. Developing an attraction to money to the exclusion of more important things causes problems in our lives. However, when we keep our priorities straight and honor God with our financial resources, He’ll always return the honor.

The world’s view of most things is the opposite of God’s Word. The world tells us money is the most important thing; God tells us it’s the least. During His ministry, Jesus taught a different way of thinking about wealth. “If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones. But if you are dishonest in little things, you won’t be honest with greater responsibilities. And if you are untrustworthy about worldly wealth, who will trust you with the true riches of heaven?” (Luke 16:10, 11, NLT). Those who put money before everything else don’t understand this type of reasoning, but this statement came from God, Himself, who possesses untold riches and wealth.

Money can purchase things, but can’t buy what makes life rich and satisfying. It can buy medicine, but not healing, a house, but not a home, material possessions, but not love or friendship. The more we chase it, the more it eludes us. “Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness! The more you have, the more people come to help you spend it. So what good is wealth—except perhaps to watch it slip through your fingers!” (Ecclesiastes 5:10, 11, NLT).

Loving money is having a wrong relationship with it; it’s loving and trusting in it more than in God. That’s always a mistake. Worldly wealth lets us down at the worst possible time, and causes unnecessary heartache. “For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows” (1 Timothy 6:10).

We can spend all our financial resources on daily expenses; managed wrong, it quickly disappears. It’s tempting to think only of ourselves and our own momentary interests, and put financial giving to help others low on our priority list. Our spending habits indicate what’s most important to us; the habits of most people indicate that honoring God with their finances isn’t important to them. Trusting God with our money is trust well-placed. “Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the best part of everything you produce. Then he will fill your barns with grain, and your vats will overflow with good wine” (Proverbs 3:9, 10, NLT).

Honoring Him with the first portion of our income means we’ll never have to worry about not having enough. God wants us to give what we have, not what we don’t have. Paul taught the concept of proportional giving, giving according to how much we’ve already been blessed. “On the first [day] of each week, let each one of you [personally] put aside something and save it up as he has prospered [in proportion to what he is given]…” (1 Corinthians 16:2, AMPC). Regardless of what income bracket we’re in, we can worship God with our finances.

Trusting God doesn’t mean being poor or poverty-stricken, but rather allowing Him to prosper us financially. Putting more weight in what He says about money than in what the world says indicates that we actually have faith in Him in this area. This positions us for financial blessings.

For more on the connection between trusting God and giving financially, click on the link below for the DVD, Trusting God with Your Finances.

http://bit.ly/TrustingGodwithYourFinancesDVD

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