Are you relying on God or on Money?

“3 Then Mary took about a pint[a] of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

4 But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him, objected, 5 “Why wasn’t this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year’s wages.[b]” 6 He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag, he used to help himself to what was put into it.”

John 12:3-6

Do we understand what a blessing is? Truly? A blessing can be God putting us in a situation that requires us to obey him to get through it.

We have to have our faith in God and not in money. I have a question for you.

Do you think that Jesus didn’t know that Judas would steal from the money bag when Jesus first put him in charge of it?

The answer: Of course, he knew it. But Jesus put him in charge of it anyway.

After prayer and meditation on this scripture, I will tell you why I think he did so. I believe that Jesus did this so that he would not have his faith in the moneybag taking care of him.

Jesus traveled constantly and knew that the accounting of those funds would never be correct.  Putting a thief, in charge of the moneybag, guarantees that you won’t have what you need when you need it.

Matthew, the tax collector, would have been more trustworthy in handling the money bag than Judas was! And we know the history of tax collectors!

Jesus trusted that God would take care of him – not money.

Do we believe that God takes care of us? Or do we think and believe that our money takes care of us? Do you know how you can tell what you believe? Are you a cheerful giver or a reluctant one? The only disciple who complained in this passage was Judas.

I don’t think that we want to be in his company.

“10 When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you. 11 Be careful that you do not forget the Lord your God, failing to observe his commands, his laws and his decrees that I am giving you this day. 12 Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and settle down, 13 and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all you have is multiplied, 14 then your heart will become proud and you will forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 15 He led you through the vast and dreadful wilderness, that thirsty and waterless land, with its venomous snakes and scorpions. He brought you water out of hard rock. 16 He gave you manna to eat in the wilderness, something your ancestors had never known, to humble and test you so that in the end it might go well with you. 17 You may say to yourself, “My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.” 18 But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as it is today.”

Deuteronomy 8:10-18

God is taking care of you, not money.