Selwyn continues his study on money and the teaching Jesus gave about how we should treat money and possessions.
 I think we need to be honest and admit to how nice it feels to have money and spend it on things we like. It provides us with a temporary level of satisfaction – a sense of additional freedom – a feeling of control over our immediate environment. It’s very seductive and these feelings of longing for satisfaction drive the consumer world, in which we live. As people, who follow Jesus, we need to be aware that we must actively manage our attitude to money or the sensory deluge of messages telling you, ‘to buy, because you deserve it’; will manage you – if you do nothing. Do you agree?
As Selwyn says: “He (Jesus) made it clear that working hard for money did not justify someone spending it lavishly and selfishly. He warned that the acquisitive streak in human nature could turn into a powerful god, capturing the imagination, and demanding total allegiance.”
A challenging idea in today’s study, is:Â ”… ‘Conversion which doesn’t involve economic change isn’t authentic’, said one Christian writer – a statement for which he was highly criticised. I think I agree with him.” Let’s be clear about this point, when you commit your life to following Jesus your attitude to money and possessions will change. If you continue in your old ways and attitudes then ‘conversion’ has not occurred – obvious when you think about it!Â
The concluding sentence is an old one but a good one: ‘If we do not crown Him Lord of all (that’s our life – relationships, feelings, desires, ambitions, health, money, possessions, etc), we do not crown Him Lord at all’. What’s your view on today’s study?
Who is master?
Selwyn continues his study on money and the teaching Jesus gave about how we should treat money and possessions.
 I think we need to be honest and admit to how nice it feels to have money and spend it on things we like. It provides us with a temporary level of satisfaction – a sense of additional freedom – a feeling of control over our immediate environment. It’s very seductive and these feelings of longing for satisfaction drive the consumer world, in which we live. As people, who follow Jesus, we need to be aware that we must actively manage our attitude to money or the sensory deluge of messages telling you, ‘to buy, because you deserve it’; will manage you – if you do nothing. Do you agree?
As Selwyn says: “He (Jesus) made it clear that working hard for money did not justify someone spending it lavishly and selfishly. He warned that the acquisitive streak in human nature could turn into a powerful god, capturing the imagination, and demanding total allegiance.”
A challenging idea in today’s study, is:Â ”… ‘Conversion which doesn’t involve economic change isn’t authentic’, said one Christian writer – a statement for which he was highly criticised. I think I agree with him.” Let’s be clear about this point, when you commit your life to following Jesus your attitude to money and possessions will change. If you continue in your old ways and attitudes then ‘conversion’ has not occurred – obvious when you think about it!Â
The concluding sentence is an old one but a good one: ‘If we do not crown Him Lord of all (that’s our life – relationships, feelings, desires, ambitions, health, money, possessions, etc), we do not crown Him Lord at all’. What’s your view on today’s study?