I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings. Luke 16:9
“A man can use his wealth selfishly or he can us it to make life easier, not only for himself, but for his friends and his fellow-men. How many a scholar is forever grateful to a rich man who gave or left money to found bursaries and scholarships which made a university career possible! How many a man is grateful to a better-off friend who saw him through some time of need in a most practical way! Possessions are not in themselves a sin, but they are a great responsibility, and the man who uses them to help his friends has gone far to discharge that responsibility.”
William Barclay in The Gospel of Luke (TDSBS; Philadelphia; Westminster Press, 1975) 209.
I love today’s Scripture and rank among the grateful scholars. Because others used their worldly wealth on my behalf, I have an education and got equipped to serve others. I was helped by friends.
This inspires me to use wealth to help others.
The GTP program work in Guatemala and Honduras has far exceeded expectations. Let me know if you want a copy of the trip reports. I plan to send them out on Wednesday with the recent Kenya report.
In the meantime, let me ask you to use your wealth to make friends for eternity.
At GTP we got a $40,000 matching gift for February 2023 and we still have about $35,000 to go. “Discharge” your responsibility by putting the resources you possess to work. Give here.
Give generously. If you “discharge” this responsibility, you will reap a return for eternity.