“You cannot serve God and be enslaved to money.”
Luke 16:13 NLT
You can’t buy happiness or love, some people say, but you can buy comfort.
Have you examined your relationship with money lately? What kind of hold does it have on you? Are you able to give generously to others without it being painful? Do you count every penny, or are you able to budget and plan so money does not become a recurring worry?
It’s easy to be enslaved to money, or rather, to debt, when you never have quite enough to make ends meet. Your mind is always consumed with how you are going to pay for the next bill, and when. When emergencies arise, your household sinks even deeper into a pit that you may never be able to get out of.
It’s also easy to be enslaved to money when you are wealthy and feel the need to keep up appearances. There’s so much pressure, once you have risen to the top level of society, to do all that’s needed to stay there.
But followers of Jesus can be free from these concerns. Jesus has told you not to worry—God will provide your needs. And He has told you that everyone is equal in His eyes—there’s no need to hang on to a certain placement in society. God won’t love you more for wearing the latest shoe style.
Lord, help me let go of the hold money has on me. Amen.
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Today’s reading was adapted from Daily Wisdom for Women: 2018 Devotional Collection with permission from Barbour Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. Reading was written by Marian Leslie.