16 Now about the collection for the Lord’s people: Do what I told the Galatian churches to do. 2 On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made. 3 Then, when I arrive, I will give letters of introduction to the men you approve and send them with your gift to Jerusalem. 4 If it seems advisable for me to go also, they will accompany me. -1 Corinthians 16:1-4
Are you using your money to help others? The Apostle Paul’s advice to the church is to set money aside every week for the purpose of helping others.
I know what you’re thinking, “I’m just in high school; I don’t make any money yet.” That may be true, but you can still get in the habit of setting aside some of your money for God’s work. If you get birthday money, set some aside to donate to a good cause. If you’re working a job, you should be setting some money aside from your paycheck to tithe to your church on a regular basis.
Setting money aside to help others reminds us that “our” money is really not our own. It all belongs to God and He has allowed us to have the material possessions we have to further His Kingdom. I earn a salary as a teacher and as a Young Life leader. It is by God’s grace that I even have those jobs. These are jobs God gave me. So my salaries are really God’s salaries.
God doesn’t just own a percentage of your money. God owns all of your money. It’s His money, His bank account, His stuff, and you’re just managing it for Him.
Are you being a good manager of God’s money? Are you spending it on His Kingdom or are you just spending it on yourself?
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