Love God and Use Money
This article was originally written in May 2005.
How should we view money? God has made it clear we should not love it (1Tim 6:10), trust in it (1Tim 6:17), nor hoard it (Luke 12:18).
The reason is this: We can only serve one master. Jesus said, “No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.”
So does that mean we should be unconcerned about our finances? Not at all. Jesus Christ said, “If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?” (Luke 16:11). Notice how powerful this verse is. How we manage material things, “unrighteous mammon”, is so important, it affects our spiritual blessings, “the true riches”.
We are stewards of the money that God has entrusted to us. He calls us to faithfully manage it.
Instead of loving money and trying to “use” God, as many do, we should love God and use money—and use it wisely.