Should It Be All About Me

Should It Really Be All About Me

1/20/2019 Ecclesiastes 5:10-20 and 1 Timothy 6:3-10 Luke 12

Do you know anyone who thinks the world revolves around them. They actually believe the purpose of all that God has created is to make and to keep them happy. Our society constantly tells us, life is about us, what we want and what we deserve as individuals. It does not matter who we are, it is hard to escape this message. Facebook and Instagram makes it even easier for us to let the world know, it’s all about me.

If I want it, I should get it. If I don’t want to do it, I shouldn’t have to do it. If I say I need it, somebody should get it for me. If I got it, its mine to do as I please. It is hard for us to escape this reality from creeping into our spiritual lives and into the life of the church. We have to ask ourselves, how much of my walk with the Lord is all about me, and me being in control of what I have.

Today is our pledge Sunday. What we are doing is deciding how much of my resources is going to be all about me. Before we can fill out the sheet, we have to answer, “ How much do I actually owe myself.”

Do you know why Jesus tells us to love one another? Because the default position is that we don’t and we won’t. The biggest deception we accept as true is that “I love everybody in the church.” All we mean is that we are not going to intentionally harm anyone in the church. But if I brought one of the cats on our porch to church, as long as you don’t bother it, it will not do anything to bother you. Do you therefore think the cat would be right in boasting, “I love everybody in the church?”

Love is not, not doing anything bad. It is intentionally doing something good. The only problem with love is that it always costs you something and usually its going to cost some money. The money that’s supposed to be our money.

We have three debts that we never stop paying until we die. These are the debts that we will give an account to before God. The first is “what I owe me”, the second is “what I owe you,” and the third is “what I owe God.” If we’re going to be balanced and blessed in our spiritual and financial lives, we have to settle how we’re going to pay these three debts.

Today we are going to look at what might be the toughest of the three to deal with, and that is the battle that it is going to take place between you, your money and God. Our sermon title is”Should It Really Be All About Me.” It begins with you deciding. “ “What I owe me.” Say that with me, “What I owe me.” Not knowing the answer to this single question, can ruin your credit, destroy your marriage, and send you to the end of the poverty line, and prevent you from growing in God..

When It came to giving, what economic class do you think Jesus was in when he was on earth, top 15% or bottom 85%. Where do you think you rank. The funny thing is that when it comes to giving, the top 15% the rich people, most of they think their biggest problem is they need more money.

They have not been able to settle the issue of “what I owe me.” Can you imagine having that much and still wanting more?

If God were to move you were into the top 15% of the richest people in the world today, how many of you believe you would be willing to tithe and maybe even give a little extra above tithing. What if God moved you into the top 5% of the richest people in the world then could you do it? Let me tell you how much you need in order to be in the top 20% of the world’s richest people.

You need a yearly salary of $1500.00.

Top 15% Food, Shelter in House or Apt., Car or Reliable Transportation

To be in the top 5% you need to have some money in the bank, own a house, have a wardrobe of clothes and two cars of any kind that run.

How many of us are far richer compared to the rest of the world than we had thought we were. When you think of the word greed, what comes to your mind. A rich oil executive, a kid that won’t share his cookies, somebody with too much food at the buffet table.