Margin - It All Belongs To God

And so, please bear with me. Here's here's a here's a myth that you have heard. I know you've heard it. And and you can probably say it, and you probably believe it because people say it's from the bible, but it's not. The myth goes like this. Money is the root of Right. But that's not what the bible says. The bible never says money is the root of all evil. Because here's the issue, money is a thing. It's not good or evil. Here it is. Here's what the bible actually says in first Timothy six ten, the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. It's the love of money. [00:47:00] (43 seconds)  #LoveOfMoneyNotMoney

In king Jesus' kingdom, we are not owners protecting our resources. We are stewards investing his in his mission. In the kingdom of God, we are not owners protecting our resources. We are stewards investing And if you just because the parable was out bags of money, if you think I'm talking about money, money's just a small part of what I'm talking about. Right? What I wanna do is I wanna move into some application, but I can't resist the idea of stopping here and saying, there's an issue of scarcity. You can have lots of money and have a poverty mindset. You can have very little money and have a generous mindset. [00:56:46] (72 seconds)  #StewardsNotOwners

And scarcity has nothing to do with how much money you have or how much possessions you have or your skills and abilities and giftedness. Scarcity has to do with the idea of fear and pressure and stress of ownership. Stewardship leads to generosity. Stewardship is understanding what faithfulness You know, unfortunately, the church got into this thing about judging people really begin, you know, making this list of of right and wrongs. And tithing was one of those. Check the box. And and and I'm not gonna tell you that tithing isn't important, but it's not something that is going to gain you favor at church or in the kingdom. Faithfulness is where God's favor comes or follows faith God's favor follows faithfulness. [00:58:49] (78 seconds)  #FaithfulnessNotChecklists

See, here's the thing. It doesn't matter to the master whether you have five, two, or one. Don't compare. Don't compare yourself to someone else who maybe has more gifts, maybe has more financial means, maybe has a nice car or or a nice home, don't compare. Look at what God has given you and consider that God knows what you can handle. I don't know if he knows what you can handle in terms of how much money you can handle or how much pressure you can handle. I'm not sure which here. That's not even the point because even in this series on margin, it's still not about the amount. It's about faithfulness. [00:54:17] (58 seconds)  #FaithfulnessNotComparison