“For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils…” – 1 Timothy 6:10a
Money is powerful, it can bring out the best or the worst in us. If we are driven to gain lots of it or use it for our personal gain, we can become cold and manipulative. But that ought not be the way for God’s followers. He wants your heart more than anything else. God doesn’t want your money. He wants what it represents. Somebody once said, “the most sensitive nerve in the body goes from the heart to the wallet.”
Paul warns is strongly against “the love of money.” In 1 Timothy 6, he speaks to three categories of people; those who want to get rich; those who want to honor God, and those who are rich and want to honor God. According to 1 Cor 16:2, on the first day of the week we are to lay something aside as a gift unto the Lord; we call it our tithes and offerings. Tithing doesn’t just honor God. It is also an act of worship. Worship giving is planned. You don’t just give spontaneously. You should think it through.
Submitted Deaconess Irene Gardon