Fiduciary Faithfulness

Fiscal responsibility is a number one priority to an organization with integrity.  How and where money comes in from and how and where it is used is approached with due diligent and best practices.  Current, correct and complete records are kept of all financial activity.  Individuals and departments are regularly called to account for their handling of funds.

These are the kinds of companies that you want to deal with and they are the kind that tend to succeed.  Fiduciary responsibility is not a side dish to be added to a meal in measured amounts, itt is the main dish around which everything else is served.

This is especially true for churches.  Congregations that are serious about the Lord's work are serious about handling His money.  They keep accurate records, there is oversight in handling of funds, no one has free reign with monies, money is used for that which it was given.  Everything about finances is above board and open to the eyes of the entire church and done for the glory of God.

The apostle Paul wrote, "We want to avoid any criticism of the way we administer this liberal gift.  For we are tking pains to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord but also in the eyes of men" (2 Cor 8:20-21).  Even the apostles themselves took great pains to insure funds were handled with fiduciary responsibility.

This kind of openness and accountability with funds is also needed in marriages.  One partner may handle the accounting but both must be aware of the income and outgo of their monies.  Neither should be holding back or hiding from the other.  All spending should be done with joint agreement.  All savings should and giving should be done with joint approval.  What we are talking about here is integrity in the relationship.  Can we really afford to pass on that?

In the end, we are talking about fiduciary faithfulness.  In a partnership or fellowship or marriage, keeping faith is paramount.  When that faith in each other dies, the relationship is dead.  A spouse may still love the other but without faith and trust, there is not enough foundation for a relationship to stand.  As the foundation erodes for a lack of faith in the other, the relationship begins to wobble and soon will fall.   Money isn't everything or even the most important thing but fiduciary faithfulness, that openness, honesty and repect shown in faithfully use of joint funds ranks very near the top.  Jus' Sayn.