Rich or Poor, the Same Temptation

We usually think of loving money as a rich person’s problem. But someone with very little can be just as consumed by it: always worried, always calculating, always sure that a bit more would fix everything.

Money itself isn’t the issue. Worship is. Whether you have a lot or a little, money can quietly take the place in your heart that belongs to God.

Jesus warned a crowd, “Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.” Your life isn’t the total of what you own, or what you don’t.

The better aim is faithfulness. “Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.” Not rich. Not poor. Faithful. Steward what you have been given well, whatever the amount, and let the outcome be God’s business.