I’ve lost most of my money!
My money has been lost because of …..
I don’t have my money anymore!
I am poor! I don’t know where to turn? (Keep
reading!)
I am ruined. Without money I have no hope. Hope,
(see Finances)
I am ruined. Without money I am a loser (NO!!).
I had money. I had things I valued. I had things of my own. I
have lost so much!
(God
understands. God has things He Values
which are lost. He is looking for them, too. Luke
15)
My money is gone!! I am lost!
I can’t do anything. I want to
give up!
Since my money is
gone, I feel like I have no future. (No, Money is a tool you had.)
Man and His
Tools
Money is a TOOL
Definition of Money
Money was all I had! (You had and have
Free Blessings, even now.)
Money and all I owned is my identity!
No, Money is a tool you
had. No, Money is not your identity.
Money and property
are tools for living, they are not life itself.
Your identity is You, your humanity that is infinitely
more valuable than money.
Your Worth is Immeasurable.
If Money is your focus, then
the Lord God Who is Jealous For your best
and for your
attention, will show you something,
and more.
Money is a TOOL. Definition
of Money Man and His Tools
TRUE
VIEW POINT >>
Money
is a TOOL.
Money is not a measure of Your
personal value.
Money is not a measure of Your
personal worth.
Money is not your identity. What is money?
The
Definition of Money –
Money is a medium
for an exchange form of barter. Money is an agreed upon currency, or vehicle,
for the purpose of exchanging goods and services. Money is an agreed upon
measure of value for fair market exchange or means of payment.
Money can be a piece of metal,
bead, jewel, coin, paper currency, or any of a number of agreed upon vehicles
for the purpose of value exchange regarding goods and services. Often it is a
promissory note of nominal value backed by a bank or government.
Money is a tool for gaining or losing goods and services.
Money is a tool, money is a thing, money is an inanimate object. Money is not a
person. Money does not have eternal value or worth. You do. (Your
worth)
Money is not your human value. (You are not a slave – and if
you are, you are still worthy! Money is not your human identity
because you are not
an inanimate object. Money is strictly a tool.
A
Man and His Tools:
A carpenter
has many tools. He may have a variety of axes, chisels, clamps, drills, hammers,
saws, screwdrivers, and wrenches, and an adze, brace, carpenter pencil, chalk
line, crowbar,
froe, gimlet, lathe, mallet, mitre box, plane, plummet, rasp, ruler, sand paper,
sharpening jig, spokeshave, tape measure, try square, workbench, and much more.
When a storm comes and destroys half of his tools, he is still a
carpenter. He just has less tools. With less, or even no tools, the carpenter
still has his personhood,
and his skill. If a benefactor comes and gives him more tools, he is still a
carpenter. His identity has not changed, but his tool amount has changed.
The way the carpenter uses His tools proves, or shows, what he
values and thereby who he is. The carpenter’s identity is proven by how he
uses his tools. The identity of the carpenter is not his tools. The
carpenter’s tools are not the carpenter. The identity of the carpenter is his
character: the thoughts, words, actions, and attitudes which show what he
values.
So – Have you lost a bunch of tools, or money, lately? Is your tool
shed more sparse? Yet, you are still living and breathing, huh? Good for you,
and good for us all!! (What now? Want Practical help? Finances)
Please
know that tools come in all shapes and sizes. BUT there is only ONE You.
You, yes You reading this! You are
exceedingly more important than ANY manufactured tool or money!! You, just
as you are, were created by an infinite God Who made you because He wants to
relate with YOU intimately and personally!! God wants you because He is Jealous
For you (Exodus
34:14). God wants you just as you are!
God sees all of who you are. What you’ve done and not done,
said and not said, and every little detail of your heart and life! Because God
knows you and Because God IS love, God wants you so He can love you the way you
need to be loved, healed, comforted, empowered, and blessed. Only God, in His
perfect Way, can take care of you just as you need to be cared for – with
infinite care and wisdom.
If
your tool shed is missing some valuable tools, tools you’ve based your hope on
for the future – retirement, kid’s colleges, doctor bills to pay off,
projects and dreams, etc? God says your hope in the tools was misplaced hope.
Your hope is in a Person can never be misplaced if the person is the man/ God
Jesus Christ. For those who trust that what
God says is personally true for them, the Lord God says, "Do not be
afraid. I am your shield, your very great reward." Genesis 15:1
Putting all of your hope
in the God/man Jesus Christ can ONLY bring you what you desperately need. (Philippians
4:19) it may not bring you all your wants and perceived desires, but
trust and
hope within a relationship with the God man Jesus Christ based on Jesus
Christ’s words and actions and not on your own will give you health and life
to your imperishable soul.
I
lost so much! I
hate losing things! I worked so hard for them. I did so much to have them. I
enjoyed them so much!
Now they are gone! I want them back!!
We
all suffer loss at one time or another. God feels the same way. God suffers for
the loss of so many people who reject Him.
God created many people. God invests
in them every day by giving them fresh air, sunshine, food, clothing, health,
humor, friendship, animals, intelligence, and so much more. But most of all God
gives of Himself. Despite all of these investments, men, women and children
ignore God and even curse Him.
Despite
all the rejection God gets, God continually gives people love to draw them to
Himself. God continually seeks out men, women, and children to relate with Him
as the intimately personal Lord God Almighty Who He is!
God looks for you like you look
for a lost coin! (Luke
15:8-10)
God looks for you like you look for a lost sheep. (Luke
15:1-7 , Matthew
18:10-14)
God looks for you to come to Him like His most prized and precious son!!
(Luke
15:11-32)
God
will continue to look for you until your lifetime comes to an end. Then you must
give an account of yourself as to why you never came to Him, your Creator. For
your choice in being away from God during your life, God will allow you to be
away from him during your eternity in death. The place where those go who reject
and do not accept God during their lives is Hell.
The place where those go who do want to be found by God, their Creator, and who
do come to the Lord Jesus Christ and live under His Lordship, is Heaven.
