Use Money Wisely to Gain Morals

There are many ways to use money. Two examples are spending it for yourself or spending it for people who are not as blessed as yourself. In Luke 16 in the bible Jesus mentions how to secure your future as well as not being controlled by money. By using money wisely you are able to gain trust as well as good morals. You can secure your future life by making friends that can help you out of tough times. You can save time by using money properly and not become corrupted by greed from wealth. You can also save yourself from money by learning how to not create money in to a ‘god’ if you idolize materialism. Luke 16 also mentions a poor man name Lazarus, people like Lazarus still exist, and with each passing day they struggle to survive. We can help ourselves by helping others that are in need. Wealth can corrupt anyone and this is why we must use it carefully. Money can be used for good or for selfish reasons, corrupting good people or helping people who are in need. How we use our money affects those around us, either positively or negatively.

If you use your money for yourself what do you end up with? You end up with an excess amount of clutter that piles up and gains dust. But on the other hand you have the latest iPhone that all your friends have been raving about. Where will that phone be in five years? How about two years? Is it really worth spending all that money you saved up on something that will not be used in a couple of years? Loat mentions in “Shred as Snakes” that money can be used in two ways. “One is on yourself were you end up with a lot of things that aren’t very important in the end. The other is that you can use it on people who are in need around you for the good of the people who are suffering.” (Loat 383) Ha...

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... generous, ready to share (1 Tim 6:18).” (Heaps 1) Whether it is buying a coffee to keep them warm in the winter or handing out food every penny helps someone in need positively.

Money affects everyone. Whether it is used for your own benefit or for others. Luke 16 gives two examples how money can affect people negatively or positively by corrupting ones soul or securing their future. Giving, feeding, sheltering, or clothing to the poor are all positive ways one can spend money on others to help someone in need. It may be a close friend, a relative or a stranger that is someone in need. If you are able to spend your money wisely and not greedily on yourself, when the time comes that you are in need of financial help someone you helped out in the past may save your future. Everyday you affect those around you by how you spend your money, positively or negatively.