The Boundaries of Faith - Money

Greetings Dear Reader,

I hate money.  Now you will not often see me use the word “hate”.  I hate that we put so much of our lives into the getting of money.  I do not mind work.  I do not mind that we have to have commerce of some kind.  I do hate that we spend the bulk of our waking hours pursuing the money to do the things we love.

The way in which Christ followers are to handle money is very important.  Jesus was very clear that we are not to pursue wealth.  He was clear that we are to be generous with what we have.  We seem to so easily forget that we are to trust God for all of our provision.

Our lack of money and belief can become a boundary to our faith.  It is not possible to pursue money and follow Christ.  Christ promises us that we will not want if we pursue him.  He also promises that we cannot serve God and money. 

When we take on too much debt we are unable to take on more faith.  When we pursue meeting out own needs we do not allow God to meet them and become less attuned to the needs of others.  Paul said it so clearly, “the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil.” 

If we remove the barrier from our faith we will see that God can and will provide.  I realize that it sounds simplistic and perhaps even puerile.   Then again the faith Christ asks us to have is the faith of a child.

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Aramis Thorn

Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a home owner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure store.”

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