Calibrating
I will be doing a series of posts on money. We’ll be looking at Scripture’s advice on finances and praying for God to calibrate us according to His will.
Scripture 1 comes from the Parable of the Sower (a parable about hearing the Word of the Kingdom):
He also that received seed among the thorns is he that hearth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.- Matthew 13:22
According to Jesus in this parable, there are 2 things that can choke the Word that is trying to grow (like a seed) in a person’s heart:
-cares about the world
-deceitfulness of riches
We can easily be snookered into worrying about life and expenses. We can start to believe that if we had just a little more money, we could relax and be happy. It never happens- something always comes up that requires even more money… This is the deceitfulness of riches.
On the other hand, Jesus told about the person who had a listening/receiving heart, who was blessed by God:
But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and undertandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. -Matthew 22:23
Experiment:
Try asking God to make you to be good soil!