SAFETY LAST: How do you use money?

If your money could talk, what would it say.

If it could tell how you spend it or save it, what would it say?

SPENDERS AND SAVERS
We often struggle with extremes. Some of us struggle with spending, and others of us struggle with saving. You're probably thinking, "Okay, I understand the spending thing, but struggle with saving? Yes, some people are in bondage to the security that money gives. In other words, some people struggle with storing up money without a purpose out of fear. Money gives the security that is needed instead of God.

THE STRUGGLE FOR SAFETY
This is definitely a motivation issue coupled with a wisdom issue. God doesn't want you to just store up money for no reason, and He also doesn't want you to feel guilty for spending (if it is in balance). If you are wondering where I got this check out Luke 12:16-20. Now, money isn't bad in and of itself. Money is a neutral tool. It can be used for good or evil. God doesn't want us to be in bondage to material y or to the security that money gives.

"No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon" (Matthew 6:24).

Money comes and goes, but God remains stable. We are safe in God, not money.