John 6:63 says “The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.”
I’ve always been amazed at how relevant the information in the Bible is. After all, it was written thousands of years ago to an audience that would be completely amazed and dumbfounded by our modern world and yet the wisdom, direction and guidance that it contains seems so fresh that it could just as easily have been written last week.
I find this to be especially amazing with the Bible’s financial advice. The audience for much of that advice literally had only their daily bread and the clothes on their backs. How could that same advice speak to you and I in our great abundance and complex financial dealings? After all, far from just having our daily bread, most of us have cars, houses, 401(k)s, credit cards, mortgages, wardrobes, computers, and savings accounts.
I read a book awhile back that helped me understand why this is the case. In The Pursuit of God, A.W. Tozer he writes:
“God did not write a book and send it by messenger to be read at a distance by unaided minds. He spoke a Book and lives in His spoken words, constantly speaking His words and causing the power of them to persist across the years.”
In other words, if it seems like God is talking specifically to you and your situation, it’s because God is talking specifically to you and your situation. His word is alive and new each day. Keep that in mind as you think about your finances. The things that the Bible says about saving, giving, contentment, stewardship, and borrowing aren’t just words on a page spoken to an ancient audience. They are God’s words spoken today to you.
Thanks for reading. Touch base if I can ever help.
Joe
Thanks for the good word Joe.