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Abundance and Generosity;
Luke 12:13-21
Financial management is every bit as important as other dimensions of life management. In fact, God sees money management not simply as materially but also as spiritually rooted. Some churches create a false dichotomy between godliness and wealth, leading to the belief that godliness equates with poverty. However, as believers, one of our primary calls in the Kingdom is becoming God’s distributors of abundance.
We often fail to realize our accountability before God for the way we handle our resources. This is the rich fool’s problem in Luke 12. The man is not in error for being rich, nor in his desire to enjoy his wealth. Verse 21 explains, “A person is a fool to store up earthly wealth but not have a rich relationship with God.” Abundance and generosity can and should be embraced together; however, abundance without generosity is placing too much value on material things.
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Excerpt from Fresh Start Bible, copyright © Gateway Press;
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