hoarding money

What God has blessed us with and given us, we cannot just keep for ourselves. Especially our finances. We have to remember that the money that we have is God's. Yeah, we have earned it, we are taxed on it, but in the end, it's God's and we are called to be good stewards.

There is worthlessness in money, yet it's essential?

It's worthless for those to have money to never do anything with it besides hoard it and keep it all for themselves. That won't do any good because we can't take our earthly possessions to heaven with us. It's important to make sure we leave a legacy behind for loves ones, but we don't know when the day will come.

Imagine hoarding up all the money that you have and never doing anything with it while there are people out there who can't afford a meal, a place to sleep, or even a life to live. Did you know that by hoarding up money, that we have condemned and murdered the innocent one, the one who was not opposing you?

You have condemned and murdered the innocent one, who was not opposing you. (James 5:6)

Let me explain:

The innocent were defenseless persons, poor laborers. Poor people who could not pay debts. People who didn't get the opportunity to work off their debts. Hoarding money, exploiting employees, and living self-indulgently will not escape God's notice.

Hoarding is something right now that is going on across the world. People want their TP! But now is not a time to hoard everything that we have. Sure there is a lot of uncertainty right now. There are people who are losing their jobs and others looking for new ones. But think of all the people out there who don't have the opportunity to work, or even the opportunity to find shelter.  There is a bigger need to help than to hoard.

I am not trying to make you feel guilty, just encouraging you to be more mindful of ways that we can help. Maybe where you are located there isn't a huge need for you to help others, so think futuristically. There are always ways that we can help others rather than keeping everything for ourselves.

My challenge for you is to think about this question: Are you hoarding or helping?