I have no need of a bull from your stall or of goats from your pens, for every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills. I know every bird in the mountains, and the insects in the fields are mine. If I were hungry I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it. Psalm 50:9-12
“Who owns it?” is one of the key questions every Christian must answer about money and resources. The answer to this question has the potential to transform every financial decision we make. I often say that every financial decision is a spiritual decision. The reason I say that is based on my belief about who owns it…
Scripture is clear about who owns the earth and all the rest of creation. The problem most of us have isn’t with acknowledging that God owns the earth; it’s acknowledging that God owns our stuff. For some reason, it’s much easier to think the trees and the animals belong to God, but when God’s ownership extends to our possessions, we find it much harder to believe God own’s it all…
The biggest mental shift most people have to make when they move from an owner perspective to a steward perspective comes in the area of accountability. If our money and resources are God’s, that means He cares what we do with them. If He cares what we do with them, that means we should always consult Him about our decisions.”
Michael Blue with Ron Blue in God Owns It All: Finding Contentment and Confidence in Your Finances (Nashville: Lifeway, 2016) 16-19.
Yesterday at the Global Generosity Roundtable (pictured above), each contributor spoke powerfully offering wisdom on what it means to live life with financial health and understanding. Michael Blue’s comments on the mental shift at work in His own life impacted everyone. God cares what we do with His resources. He wants us to consult Him and follow His leading in our lives. Click above to check out his new small group resource for growing in both contentment and confidence in your stewardship of finances!