“Never try to save out of God’s cause; such money will canker the rest. Giving to God is no loss; it is putting your substance in the best bank. Giving is true having, as the old gravestone said of the dead man: What I spent I had, what I saved I lost, what I gave I have.”
Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) British preacher in Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, compiled by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert (New York: Wilbur B. Ketcham, 1895) 24.
Where’s your substance stored? Is it safe in “the best bank” or (wrongly!) stockpiled on earth? People chatter today about how it seems we are living in the end times. Perhaps? All the more reason to assess and move God’s resources where they belong. Do it today, as James reminds us how we will feel if we have hoarded wealth in the last days!
Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you. Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. James 5:1-3