WHAT DOES YOUR SPENDING REVEAL?
Have you
considered the questions: What are my priorities? How do I determine what they
are? And then, carry those questions a little further and apply them to our
church? What are our church’s priorities? How do we figure out what they are?
What does our
spending reveal about our priorities? This is an important consideration. It’s
not that we don’t have priorities; we do. But we have to figure out what they
are. If we look at what we’re spending our money on; what we spend our time on;
what we spend ourselves on, then we’ll be able to see what our priorities are.
I’ve
sometimes said that a checkbook is a theological document. It is one way to see
what someone’s theology is. Financial generosity is reflected in a checkbook.
Lack of financial generosity is also reflected in a checkbook.
A calendar
can also be a theological document. It is another way to see what someone’s
theology is. Generosity of time is reflected in a calendar, just as a lack of
generosity of time is.
How our
finances are spent is a great way to show what is important to us.
How our time
is spent is another way to show what is important to us.
So…look at
those personal theological documents: your calendars, your apps, your
checkbooks, your computer programs, and see what they show. What is important
to you?
Look at your
church’s theological documents: how the building is used, how time is spent by
staff and volunteers, what financial reports show, and see what they show. What
is important to the church? Is it making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation
of the world, or is it something else?
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