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Key Bible Verse: "Don't store up treasures here on earth, where they can be eaten by moths and get rusty, and where thieves break in and steal." Matthew 6:19). Bonus Reading: Malachi 3:10-12

The world nudges us to set financial goals for every area of our lives: for affording our children's education, reaching a standard of living we desire, and retiring in comfort. Surrounded by successful professionals, we tend to adopt a mindset about net worth that is temporal instead of eternal.

Jesus tells us, "Wherever your treasure is, there your heart and thoughts will be also" (Matthew 6:21). If we invest heavily in company X, we'll automatically have an added interest in how well it performs in the market. I always believed in the importance of missions, but it wasn't until I put more of my money there that I developed a greater love and vision for missions. When I took this step of faith, two things happened. First, God provided for me. The Maker of the universe has promised to supply all the needs of those who share from His riches (see Philippians 4:19). And second, I experienced a new level of relationship with God because of the faith I exercised.

I set goals every year in many areas, but none is more rewarding than my tithes and offering goal. It's a goal that is rewarding on Earth, and it will also be one day in heaven.

—Doug Schweitzer in Devotional Ventures

My Response: Am I investing more in things of heaven or Earth? Do my financial records confirm this?

Thought to Apply: I shovel out and God shovels in—but God's shovel is always bigger.—R.G. LeTourneau (inventor)

Adapted from Devotional Ventures (Regal, 2006) by permission.

Copyright © 2007 by the author or Christianity Today International/Men of Integrity magazine.Click here for reprint information on Men of Integrity.

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Generosity is hard for me, Lord. Teach me to loosen my grasp and share with others what You've loaned to me.

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