SoulShift - Shift 4 - Consumer to Steward
May 8, 2022

Your

is a direct reflection of how your soul is doing.

“The Bible offers 500 verses on prayer, fewer than 500 verses on faith, but more than

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verses on money and possessions. The Lord said a lot about it because He wants us to know His perspective on this critical area of our life.” —Howard Dayton, Your Money Counts (PG 2, 2019)

IT’S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY

“What must I do to have

?” Mark 10:17

The central focus of the text is not one’s

, but one’s quest to find eternal life.

The subject of possessions came up only because they were preventing the young man from focusing on more essential things.

The problem with the rich man was not his money, but his whole

.

THE TWO ECONOMIES

Old Economy: possessions are

(outside of) to our spiritual lives.
New Economy: Possessions are at the

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of our spiritual lives.

Old Economy:

is evidence of God’s blessing (it makes you secure)
New Economy: Wealth is an

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to God’s grace (it makes you self-reliant)

Old Economy: Possessions are

New Economy: Possessions are

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Old Economy: Giving up our possessions is a risk, investment,

, or going without.
New Economy: Giving up our possessions is an

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. The payback is something money can’t buy.

CONCLUSION

“When you

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all you can and

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all you can in order to

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all you can, you are showing that something has shifted far below the surface” —John Wesley

In what ways has God already made shifts in your soul from Consumer to Steward?

How might God be calling you to shift from Consumer to Steward in the coming year?