EARN...SAVE...GIVE

 

EARN . . . SAVE . . . GIVE

 

. . . work . . . that he may have something to share with those in need (Eph. 4:28 NIV).

 

John Wesley had a threefold bit of financial advice for his followers: "Earn all you can. Save all you can. Give all you can."

 

His advice is scriptural and practical. Christian workers should be the best workers on any job. They should be industrious, punctual, diligent and honest. Earn all you can.

 

Save all you can. Wesley was not advocating miserliness but frugality. Even Jesus encouraged frugality, telling the disciples to gather up the fragments when the multitude was fed. The world may be impressed with extravagance. But it is neither wise nor scriptural to waste the blessings God has given.

 

Give all you can. one reason some people have so little to give is because they do not save. And one reason some people cannot save is because they do not give. Self-preservation may be the first principle of nature, but it contradicts the first law of Christ. The first law of Christ's kingdom is self-giving.

 

John Wesley's advice may seem incongruous at first. But if you put it into practice, it will work and God will bless you.

 

Life response: I will strive for financial balance...earning, saving, and giving.