CHILD OF GOD, YOUR MONEY
IS NOT YOUR OWN
PROVERBS 3:27
[Do not withhold good
from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to act.]
(DUE, H1167: owner,
husband, lord, master)
This simply means that
our money is not our own; that beyond the satisfaction of our needs and that of
our family’s, whatever is in our possession is no longer ours, but, instead are
owned by other deserving Christians who are in need.
Let us consider the
commentary of Adam Clarke on (Prov.3:27):
(Withhold not good from
them to whom it is due - from the lords of it. But who are they? The poor. And
what art thou, O rich man? Why, thou art a steward, to whom God has given
substance that thou mayest divide with the poor. They are the right owners of
every farthing thou hast to spare from thy own support, and that of thy family;
and God has given the surplus for their sakes. Dost thou, by hoarding up this
treasure, deprive the right owners of their property? If this were a civil
case, the law would take thee by the throat, and lay thee up in prison; but it
is a case in which God alone judges. And what will he do to thee? Hear! “He
shall have judgment without mercy, who hath showed no mercy;” Jas_2:13. Read,
feel, tremble, and act justly.)
Brethren, we are no
longer the masters of whatever God has given us beyond the satisfaction of our
NEEDS; prayerfully, it must be shared with deserving Christians who are wanting
in food, clothing, the sick, and those in prison for their faith.
This is a command, and
failure to comply to what God has ordered will lead to dire consequences.
