God Rewards Financial Faithfulness

[God Rewards Financial Faithfulness]( Current Teaching Series [Financial Fitness]( [Listen to Today's Broadcast]( [God Rewards Financial Faithfulness]( By Rick Warren — 07/04/2022 [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Pinterest]( [Email](mailto:?subject=I'd like to share a Daily Devotional from Pastor Rick with you&body= “[The] master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!” Matthew 25:21 (NIV) Money is the acid test of your faithfulness. God uses it more than any other thing in your life to test your faith. Why? Because it’s the thing people have the hardest time with. Look at the rewards God gives for wise money management: “[The] master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!” (Matthew 25:21 NIV). The law of compensation is this: God will reward you for good money management. Matthew 25 suggests three steps of this reward—affirmation, promotion, and celebration. God affirms you by saying, “Good job! I was testing you to see if you could be trusted with what I gave you, and you passed the test. Well done, good and faithful servant. The second step is promotion. As you show faithfulness with a few things, God will give you greater responsibility. Then, as you show your responsibility, God will celebrate with you. You will share in God’s happiness! Jesus said, “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money” (Matthew 6:24 NIV). Notice he doesn’t say you shouldn’t serve God and money. He says you can’t. It’s impossible. Nobody can serve two masters. So you’re going to have to decide what will be number one in your life: God or money. Money is a terrific servant but a terrible master. When it masters you, you’re always under stress. You’re always worried. You’re always uptight about it. But when you master your money—when you make it your servant—it serves you. When money works for you, instead of you working for your money, you will have peace. [PLAY today’s audio teaching from Pastor Rick >>]( Talk It Over - If God audited your finances, what grade would he give you, and why? - When has your money mastered you? When have you mastered your money? What were the differences in your relationship with God during those times? - How can you manage your money more wisely so that it works for you instead of controlling you? The post [God Rewards Financial Faithfulness]( appeared first on [Pastor Rick's Daily Hope](. 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