Experience of Christ in Money Matters

Money is a test to many people especially to the children of God. Anyone who loves money will be tempted by money and they will eventually fail in handling it. This is a good lesson for me to learn, the lesson of not loving money yet faithfully and righteousness handling it, no matter what the amount.

By the Lord's mercy, since the beginning of my service, I have been handling money, mine, and others. One principle is to be faithful and righteous in every rupee and coin. This is possible when one has a pure heart towards money. Lovers of money will never pass the test of money. Money is so tangible that the Lord equalized it with mammon. 

No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. Matthew 6:24

The Lord here directly equates mammon with Satan. Loving mammon or wealth in whichever form, of which money is the most tangible form, is equivalent to loving Satan himself who is an enemy of God. The love of the Lord is the panacea for the love of money. Without the love of the Lord, it is impossible for one not to love money. 

Within a few years of my service, I have been handling money for my official service, my personal money, and those of the church, in terms of lakhs and crores.  The more I handle money, the more I realize my need to be more and more purified in my motive and intention. Even for this, I have experienced the Lord so much. Only the Lord is pure. Only the Lord is faithful;. Only the Lord is righteous. Now having Him as my purity, faithfulness, and righteousness, I am actually and practically experiencing Him in His purity, faithfulness, and righteousness. Without the Lord Jesus Christ as the Spirit indwelling me and living in me, it was, and it is, and it will be impossible for me to handle money in a pure, faithful, and righteous manner. Thank the Lord, He is my life!

In the past few weeks, I had to spend money daily on the daily activities and services for the official work. The Lord graced me to record every expense in the most detailed and fine way. Therefore, I regularly updated my day book for every money spent. That was a wonderful opportunity to exercise handling money and at the same time, be faithful and righteous in money matters. Finally, when the project was over, without any hurdle, the account was submitted to the brothers.

Ultimately, what matters most is the Lord's blessing financially in abundance. When the supply is the Lord or from the Lord, there is a blessing in the usage of it. With such blessing and being under the Lord's blessing, accountability is just an experience. 

Lord, grace me to experience You in money matters and be faithful and righteous to the last rupee.