Daily Inspiration

Jesus said to his disciples: “I tell you, make friends for yourselves with dishonest wealth, so that when it fails, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings. The person who is trustworthy in very small matters is also trustworthy in great ones; and the person who is dishonest in very small matters is also dishonest in great ones. If, therefore, you are not trustworthy with dishonest wealth, who will trust you with true wealth? If you are not trustworthy with what belongs to another, who will give you what is yours? No servant can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.” The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all these things and sneered at him. And he said to them, “You justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts; for what is of human esteem is an abomination in the sight of God.” —Luke 16:9-15

Wealth, like all good things, is a gift from God, given to us for some purpose. But the enemy twists what God presents, trying to pervert those gifts and pull us away from the Father’s will. I was once sent to a place of torment and remorse, where I was purged of my former sins. In that moment, I coveted even God’s graces as my own; so sinister is the enemy that he tricked me into believing the very graces bestowed upon me came not from God but from myself.

Meditate on the gifts, graces, talents, and skills given to you by the Lord. He did not give them so that you would live a life of comfort. Their purpose is to make it easier for you to produce good fruit for Christ Jesus.

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