It’s All Mine

“That’s mine and you can’t have it!”

“It’s all paid for, and we have the title.”

“We believe in the right of of people to own and control their own property.”

We have said all of the above. Our kids know which toys are theirs. We do a little dance when we make the final payment and hold a title. We have witnessed the continued failure of communism; we encourage responsible behavior through private ownership, and our Bill of Rights protects this right.

But that isn’t what the Bible teaches. Read Genesis 1. Now, tell me who owns everything. Who made everything? Who is the king over all creation? Psalm 24:1-2 says, The earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it; for he founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters. Let’s see, I wonder what “everything that is in it” means? Could that mean my house? My car? My toys? My life? I’m sure it does.

So, there is only one person who can rightfully say, “It’s all mine!” That is God.

What we learn from creation, however, is that the one who said, “It’s all mine”, created mankind and said, “It’s all yours.” That is the difference between ownership and stewardship. And that is our topic this week. This is my Father’s world!

In preparation for Sunday, I came across this great quote.

“The worth and excellency of a soul is to be measured by the object of its love…a noble and well-placed affection doth advance and improve the spirit unto a conformity with the perfections which it loves…the sure way to improve and ennoble our souls is by fixing our love on the divine perfections, that we may have them always before us, and derive an impression of them on ourselves.” Henry Scougal 1739 Scottish Preacher

See you Sunday at the city center.

Richard Glenny