Money. it is necessary. it is powerful. it is tricky. it is deceiving. there is not enough.
it seems that we always say, “if i had “X” amount of money i’d be fine”. the problem is we know people with “that” amount of money and they don’t seem fine. so what are we to do?
In collegelife this week we talked about how Jesus tells a story about a shrewd (practical, sharp) manager, who takes his limited amount of time and leverages it for maximum impact/influence. So as college students, who have limited resources and limited time, will we leverage what little we have for maximum impact?
Jesus says people of this world are shrewd in dealing with their time and money, and people of the light (Christians) should do the same. (Luke 16) Money is a tool and one day it WILL be gone (Luke 16:9), so how will you use it now? For yourself, new stuff, or will you choose to use your limited resources and leverage it for others?
Are we saying everything should go to Africa or inner city? No, but we are saying, how much more of an impact could $10 a month do for a child in a 3rd world country or the local church, than your venti, no fat, sugarfree vanilla, double pump caramel machiatto latte.
$$- it’s clearly a big issue, Jesus talks about it a lot. Do you?
Everything is God’s and He’s given you some to manage, what kind of manager are you being?
Go buy a coffee and think about it.