It All Belongs to God

Recently, my daughter celebrated her 21st birthday. It was a joyous occasion and an opportunity to reflect on the role God gave me all those years ago: to raise her in the ways of the Lord.

As parents, it may surprise you to learn that we don’t actually own our children. They have always belonged to God.

This is not always an easy task to fulfill, but it is one that God enables us to do to the best of our ability through continually depending upon Him.

Howard Dayton, founder of Compass – Finances God’s Way, once said that the first step toward contentment is to recognize God as being the owner of all our possessions.

Participating in any one of Compass’ excellent financial discipleship studies will give you a solid foundation and understanding upon which to build your finances God’s way.

In many of the studies, one of the first things we ask participants to do is to “transfer” the ownership of their possessions to God through completing an informal deed. This practical exercise in and of itself is oftentimes a turning point in a participant’s life as they seek to acknowledge God’s Lordship.

God has always taken care of His people. He is our Jehovah Jireh, the God who provides. He longs to provide us with “our daily bread” when we acknowledge Him as our Creator and Provider.

When we acknowledge that God owns everything, relinquish control over to Him and recognise that He is the Maker of Heaven and earth, we will learn how to live freely and lightly just as He intends for us. The way that we make financial decisions changes. Every spending decision now becomes a spiritual decision.

God has called us to faithfully steward what He has entrusted to our care.

Whether it’s our children, our money, our possessions, our time or our talents—it all belongs to God. And for that I’m very thankful.