Sermon Illustration

Your Heart Always Follows Your Money

Suppose you buy shares of General Motors. What happens? You suddenly develop interest in GM. You check the financial pages. You see a magazine article about GM and read every word, even though a month ago you would have passed right over it. Suppose you're giving to help African children with AIDS. When you see an article on the subject, you're hooked. If you're sending money to plant churches in India and an earthquake hits India, you watch the news and fervently pray …

Do you wish you cared more about eternal things? Then reallocate some of your money, maybe most of your money, from temporal things to eternal things. Put your resources, your assets, your money and possessions, your time and talents and energies into the things of God. Watch what happens. As surely as the compass needle follows north, your heart will follow your treasure. Money leads; hearts follow.

Scripture

Deuteronomy 8:12–18

Deuteronomy 15:11

Psalm 49:16–17

Proverbs 11:24–25

Proverbs 30:7–9

Ecclesiastes 6:2

Matthew 6:19–34

Matthew 25:34–40

Mark 10:17–31

Luke 12:13–21

1 Corinthians 4:8

2 Corinthians 9:6–15

1 Timothy 6:6–10

1 Timothy 6:17–19

1 John 2:15–17

Revelation 3:17–18

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