Reading in Luke 16, it becomes abundantly clear that one's attitude toward money, while it can reflect the antithesis of faith in God: "you cannot serve both God and money" (vs 13b), it is also a prime tell of your faith: "Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much..." (v. 10a).
The old axiom in investigations: "Follow the money," can be used when investigating one's faith or that in which one trusts. Think about it. Where does most of your money go? Does your offering at church and/or charities compare with your entertainment expenditures? Do you find it easy to shell out hundreds or thousands at a jewelry store but would not even consider sending a like amount to a missionary or "Feed The Hungry" program?
Would you be comfortable having an audit of how much you spend on sports or movies or eating out compared with what you spend on Kingdom building? I'm not trying to suggest that having possessions or enjoying recreation time is necessarily a bad thing. I am asking you to consider, what you "seek first" (Matt 6:33).
Is serving God, being about Kingdom business, your prime mover? Or, is gathering stuff and enjoying the fruits of your labor number one on your "to do list?" Or, to put it another way, where is your heart pointed, where do you "store up for yourselves treasure? On earth...[or]...in heaven...?" (Matt 6:19-20).
What we primarily do with our money, whether we cling to it for ourselves or use it for God's glory, tells where our faith lies - in gathering goods or in God's grace. "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also" (v. 21). Jus' Say'n.
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