A Test

“And if you are untrustworthy about worldly wealth, who will trust you with the true riches of heaven?” Luke 16:11

Did you know that God, the God of heaven, uses money to test your spiritual maturity? God says money is a test of true riches. So how much do you think has passed through your hands till date? If you sum up all the money that has passed through your hands till now, how much will it be? It is a test. Heaven was testing you to see what you will do with it.  After every test comes a promotion, or a demotion, or a carry over, or sometimes a “stay where you are”. I pray that everyone that has experienced a “stay where you are” or a demotion; beginning from today you will begin to experience a promotion.

The fact that you have made a lot of money is not a guarantee for financial freedom. Think about how much has passed through your hands; it is not a guarantee for financial freedom. If making a lot of money were a guarantee for financial freedom, people that have touched some cool cash would not be broke today. Someone said, when I started working I used to dream about this salary I am now starving on”.

The people earning say, fifty thousand a month are saying if only I can earn two hundred thousand a month, I will have financial freedom. Meanwhile, the people earning five hundred thousand a month are saying do you think two hundred thousand is a lot? You ignore them because you believe that once God blesses you with that increase, you will have financial freedom. Then you get two hundred thousand a month and you have nothing to show for it? I hope you can relate to this because it is a pattern of life. So making a lot of money does not guarantee your financial freedom.

So what guarantees  financial freedom is what you are going to be learning over the next few days. We learnt from David how to think clearly about our problems. However, when it comes to finances we are going to learn from his son Solomon, how to think clearly about money and how to walk in financial freedom. Am I financially free? The answer is yes, by the grace of God. But guess what? It is not how much but it is how well. What I will be to sharing with you is what I do, it is what has helped me, and it is what has changed my life.

Prayer: Lord Jesus, help me to think clearly about my finances and to be found trustworthy with financial resources, in Jesus Name.