Be Still And Know

2 Corinthians 9.6 NLT 'Remember this—a farmer who plants only a few seeds will get a small crop. But the one who plants generously will get a generous crop.' The law of the harvest is easy to understand. In short you reap what you sow. If you are miserly with your giving, you need to be prepared for a deeply disappointing harvest. However, if you give generously, you can be sure of an amazing crop – probably far larger than anything you had imagined. Money is particularly important because, as Jesus observed, it is a rival god. You have to make a choice between serving God or money. You can’t do both. Money makes huge boasts. It pretends that it can offer security, popularity, contentment and satisfaction, but it demands worship in return. In every generation there have been people who have fallen for the god of money. None of this is to say that money is inherently bad. It is part of God’s creation and so is, in fact, inherently good. The problem is when it becomes our master and begins to drive our