On Money

From Randy Alcorn's The Treasure Principle, p. 25-26:

Whenever we think like owners, it's a red flag. We should be thinking like stewards, investment managers, always looking for the best place to invest the Owner's money. At the end of our term of service, we'll undego a job performance evaluation: "For we will all stand before God's judgment seat.... So then, each of us will give an account of Himself to God" (Romans14:10,12).

Our name is on God's account. We have unrestricted access to it, a piviledge that is subject to abuse. As His money managers, God trusts us to set our own salaries. We draw needed funds from His wealth to pay our living expenses. One of our spiritual decisions is determinig what is a reasonable amount to live on. Whatever that amount is--and it will legitimatley vary from person to person--we shouldn't hoard or spend the excess. After all, it's His, not ours. And He has something to say about where to put it.