Seeking Finanical Freedom Part 4

Last week we focused on God's Part in our finances.....This week let's talk about our responsibility.......

(Page 27) Our responsibility is to be a steward. The word steward can be translated into two different words; manager and supervisor. In scripture the position of a steward is one of great responsibility. He or she is the supreme authority under the master and has full responsibility of all the master's possessions and household affairs.


1 Corinthians 4:2 "Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful".

The book explains before we can be faithful, we must know what we are required to do.


(Page28 & 29)
1. FAITHFUL WITH ALL OUR RESOURCES

We are to be faithful with 100% of our money not just 10%. Many churches have concentrated only on teaching how to handle 10 percent of our income-the area of giving.

Hosea 4:6 "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge."

2. FAITHFUL REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH INCOME WE HAVE

Read the story in Mathew 25

We are required to be faithful whether we are given much or little.

3. FAITHFUL IN LITTLE THINGS Luke 16:10 "He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful in much, and he who is unrighteous in a very little thing is unrighteous in much."

I love the illustration the book gives on page 29: How do you know if a child is going to take care of his car? Observe how he cared for his bicycle. If we have the character to be faithful with small things, the Lord know He can trust us with greater responsibilities.

4. FAITHFUL WITH ANOTHER'S POSSESSIONS

Luke 16:12 "And if you have not been faithful in the use of that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?"

This principle is often overlooked.....Are you faithful with your employee's office supplies? Do you waste electricity when you are staying at a hotel? Hudson Taylor (missionary) said, "Small things are small things, but faithfulness with a small thing is a big thing."

5. FAITHFULNESS BUILDS CHARACTER

God uses money to refine our character.

Daivd McConaughy said, "Money, most common of temporal things, involves uncommon and eternal consequences. Even though it may be done quite unconsciously, money molds people-in the process of getting it, saving it, of using it, of giving it, of accounting for it. Depending upon how it is handled, it proves a blessing or a curse to its possessor; either the person becomes master of money, or the money becomes master of the person."

6. FAITHFULNESS LEADS TO CONTENTMENT

Once we know God's part and our part and faithfully do our part, we can be content. As we learn the principles of GOD'S ECONOMY, we will begin to get out of debt, spend more wisely, start saving for our future goals and given even more to the work of Christ. The Bible offers real solutions to today's financial problems.

SOCIETY SAYS: You earned your money, now spend it any way you choose and you'll be happy.

SCRIPTURE SAYS: You can only be content if you have been a faithful steward handling money from the Lord's perspective.