Making Your Money Matter
Part 49 - Luke 12:22-34 (ESV) - Pastor Tim Kroeker
Hebrews 13:5:
“Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
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I remember well the day that I brought home my new car. New to me anyway. It had just 12,000 miles. All our married lives we’d driven clunkers. The most important characteristic had always been that it have at least six seats to fit us and all the kids. But now, since they were mostly out of the house, we could get more for our money. We found a sporty little Peugeot hatchback. Midnight blue. Inside it still had the new car smell. Outside not a scratch on it. Sicilian streets are narrow and traffic tight. So I drove just a bit slower, more carefully. I’d kick the dirt off my shoes before settling inside. The car was immaculate. Until I came out one morning to find that my neighbor, while climbing into her car which was parked next to mine, had dinged the right front fender. A bit of bile began to burn in the upper cavity of my chest. That villainous woman had damaged my new car!
Perhaps you can relate. Whether it be a new car or a new pair of shoes, we worry about protecting our possessions.
As we continue reading in our salvation story we see what clinical research has confirmed; that materialism is associated with anxiety, depression, and broken relationships. Accumulating more stuff doesn’t make much sense. Jesus teaches his disciples that an eternal perspective changes how we handle our earthly possessions. By redistributing assets you can reduce stress while making your money truly matter.
