Treasure Enough: Enjoying God and Holding Money Lightly

Some of us don't feel rich enough to be generous. You feel like that's sometimes true? Like, I just don't know if I have enough money to be generous. And have you ever at least felt that thought that? You know somebody in the room who thinks that way? Actually, scripture flips that. Generosity isn't something we do once we have enough, it's actually how God teaches us what enough is And and and it's a gift to us for God to train us because who is the most generous? The giver of life. It's our it's our father. [00:00:11] (39 seconds)  #GenerosityIsEnough

This is a story, but Jesus says, you fool. Tonight, I am going to require your life. Like, that's not what bigger barns. But you have people all around you. Like, what are you thinking? I just need bigger barns. He's like, just just share the well. Wouldn't it be great to make friends with your neighbors, and wouldn't it be great to share with the poor? Wouldn't it be great to well, they didn't deserve it. Well, he's like, oh oh, but you do. I forgot because you have done all this. Even the power to and energy and the background and the motivation to go get the the the treasures is a gift from god, and you want a bigger barn. [00:35:47] (44 seconds)  #ShareDontHoard

Is your main money story, once I have enough, then I'll be generous, then I'll be relaxed, then I'll be at peace. Is is that your threshold? Is it is it a pursuit of once I have enough and and the work person in this room and and those, you know, that are maybe watching this or listening to this later, they're they think, well, my my number's pretty low compared to a lot of other people's numbers. But that's okay. But still think, is your main money story like, if I just got this, then I could be then I could be okay Because money really is the the target, really is the focus. [00:18:36] (39 seconds)  #EnoughIsNotTheGoal

Because ultimately, when when God is your treasure, you can hold money lightly. It's true. It really is true. But god isn't recruiting fundraisers. Don't don't get don't get me wrong. Mean, yes, fund the church. Yes. Please do. But that's not he's not an he's not just recruiting fundraisers. He's actually inviting sons and daughters into a family around a table that is so rich and so, wealthy in that sense that you can actually be satisfied at the at the master's table. [00:47:06] (32 seconds)  #BelongingOverBankroll

But there's a there's a gold sickness, a a disordered so this is it. There's an ordered attachment to money or an ordered use of money, and there's a disordered attachment to money that promises safety, promises security and joy, but ends up hurting you. And and maybe we just need to understand that the the lev of money doesn't expand your capacity for joy. If you if you love money, your capacity for joy actually shrinks because it becomes a singular focus. You start hoarding to your hurt. God's gift becomes a toxin. [00:14:19] (45 seconds)  #GoldSicknessKillsJoy

You can have a full part think about it this way. You can have a full portfolio and a starving soul. Zim, do you know anybody like that that that you're like do you think, wow. I I could do so much better. My soul would handle your wealth so much better, your money so much better. You just give it to me and I'll, you know, I'll try it. But but for them, it just seems like it's just kinda ruining them. How much more is gonna be enough? You ask the the wealthy person and they say, well, obviously, just a little bit more. Just a little bit more. Just a little why is that? [00:15:22] (33 seconds)  #WealthCantFillSoul

Okay. I've got a certain amount of money. It's safe. I got it from God. It's safe to pass it on because I know where my money comes from. I know where my supply is. Like, no. No. I I got a guy. I I I have I have a relationship with the redeemer of the universe, the one who owns the cattle on a thousand hills. I don't I don't knee I don't have lack. I I just got it as a gift, so here, let's share it. That's how give us today our daily bread works. [00:31:40] (30 seconds)  #GiveFromGodsSupply

You can have a full part think about it this way. You can have a full portfolio and a starving soul. Zim, do you know anybody like that that that you're like do you think, wow. I I could do so much better. My soul would handle your wealth so much better, your money so much better. You just give it to me and I'll, you know, I'll try it. But but for them, it just seems like it's just kinda ruining them. How much more is gonna be enough? You ask the the wealthy person and they say, well, obviously, just a little bit more. Just a little bit more. Just a little why is that? [00:15:22] (33 seconds)  #SoulOverPortfolio