Who do we serve, GOD or mammon?
How much money is too much money? It is whatever amount replaces trust in GOD.
Jesus spoke in Luke chapter 12:
13 Then one from the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
14 But Jesus said to him, “Man, who made Me a judge or an arbitrator over you?” 15 And He said to them, “Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.”
16 Then Jesus spoke a parable to them, saying: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded plentifully.
17 And he thought within himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops?’
18 So he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build greater, and there I will store all my crops and my goods.
19 And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry.”‘
20 But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?‘
21 “So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”
Jesus continued…
22 Jesus taught his disciples, saying, “Listen to Me. Never let anxiety enter your hearts. Never worry about any of your needs, such as food or clothing.
23 For your life is infinitely more than just the food you eat or the clothing you wear.
24 Take the carefree birds as your example. Do you ever see them worry? They neither grow their own food nor put it in a storehouse for later. Yet God takes care of every one of them, feeding each of them out of the abundance of His Love and goodness. Isn’t your life more precious to God than a bird? Be carefree in the care of God!
25 “Does worry add anything to your life? Can it add one more year, or even one day?
26 So if worrying adds nothing, but actually subtracts from your life, why would you worry about God’s care of you?
Loving GOD does not mean you have to be broke and having money doesn’t mean you are necessarily Godly. Money is to the natural realm what the anointing is to the supernatural realm. It is a way to get things done. Money should be viewed as a tool to be used for Kingdom purposes which includes your calling, no matter how small or large. The widow’s two mites made it into Scripture for our instruction. A mite was reckoned to be about 1/5 of a cent.
FATHER looks at our intent, not the amount. Our self-worth is not based on our net worth.
There are three types of tithes:
Levitical- Numbers 18:21 “Behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work which they perform, the work of the tabernacle of meeting.
The Poor- Deuteronomy 14:28 “At the end of every third year you shall bring out the tithe of your produce of that year and store it up within your gates. [29] And the Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, and the stranger and the fatherless and the widow who are within your gates, may come and eat and be satisfied, that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.
Feasts- Deuteronomy 14:22 “You shall truly tithe all the increase of your grain that the field produces year by year. 23 And you shall eat before the LORD your God, in the place where He chooses to make His Name abide, the tithe of your grain and your new wine and your oil, of the firstborn of your herds and your flocks, that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always. 24 But if the journey is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry the tithe, or if the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His Name is too far from you, when the LORD your God has blessed you, 25 then you shall exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place which the LORD your God chooses. 26 And you shall spend that money for whatever your heart desires: for oxen or sheep, for wine or similar drink, for whatever your heart desires; you shall eat there before the LORD your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your household. 27 You shall not forsake the Levite who is within your gates, for he has no part nor inheritance with you.
FATHER wants us to have the desires of our heart which includes houses, cars, vacations, etc. as long as you don’t stray from walking in the fear of THE LORD.