Giving God Control

Giving God control of your money doesn't necessarily mean to give away all your money. It is very clear through scripture that the way we handle our money is an indicator of our hearts flat out.

If we are not giving to the poor but giving to Clemson football, we can fight it all we want but it is an indicator that you care more about Clemson football than you do homeless people. It's not me saying it so please do not be mad at me, but money is just an indicator.

Jesus wasn't lying when he said in Matthew 6, where your treasure there your heart is. Our hearts are connected to our money. When you invest in a stock and you see those 3 little ticker symbols go across the screen your heart jumps up and down with them. With giving your finances to God we are biblically mandated to give some away (in old testament after the harvests and tithing it comes to about 27.33%). But, usually a tithe in scripture is referred to as a minimum 10% of all your increase.

We are also biblically mandated to provide for your family (we won't really argue against that, it is what most people use to argue hoarding). But scripture doesn't stop there, it says lots of practical things about how we handle our money.

Tomorrow we will talk about basic practical steps that scripture teaches us about money. But I wanted to talk first about how our heart is connected to our money. And if we have an attitude of "I will do what I want cause its mine" this is the same rebellious heart that spawns other sin issues.