{"id":6647,"date":"2019-05-28T11:07:15","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T16:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedisciplemaker.org\/?p=6647"},"modified":"2019-05-28T11:07:15","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T16:07:15","slug":"the-joy-of-spending-someone-elses-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.navpress.com\/sites\/thedisciplemaker\/2019\/05\/the-joy-of-spending-someone-elses-money\/","title":{"rendered":"The Joy of Spending Someone Else\u2019s Money"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A man happened to be walking along the streets of the city, when suddenly an armed robber approached him and ordered, \u201cYour money or your life!\u201d There was a long pause, and the man did nothing. He just stood there.
\nThe thief impatiently asked, \u201cWell?\u201d
\nThe man replied, \u201cDon\u2019t rush me\u2014I\u2019m thinking about it.\u201d
\nMoney certainly plays a role in all our lives, and sometimes it can become too important of a role. Some people think that money is not a very spiritual topic, but they would be wrong. For example, the Bible has five hundred verses on prayer, less than five hundred on faith, but more than two thousand on money and possessions.[i]<\/sup><\/a> Jesus can become a gadfly, provoking us with his stories. In fact, the parable we are about to look at left those who loved money ridiculing Jesus (see Luke 16:14).
\nThis parable is known as the story of the dishonest manager. It is one of Jesus\u2019 most unusual stories:<\/p>\n

There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions. So he called him in and asked him, \u201cWhat is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer.\u201d
\nThe manager said to himself, \u201cWhat shall I do now? My master is taking away my job. I\u2019m not strong enough to dig, and I\u2019m ashamed to beg\u2014I know what I\u2019ll do so that, when I lose my job here, people will welcome me into their houses.\u201d
\nSo he called in each one of his master\u2019s debtors. He asked the first, \u201cHow much do you owe my master?\u201d
\n\u201cNine hundred gallons of olive oil,\u201d he replied.
\nThe manager told him, \u201cTake your bill, sit down quickly, and make it four hundred and fifty.\u201d
\nThen he asked the second, \u201cAnd how much do you owe?\u201d
\n\u201cA thousand bushels of wheat,\u201d he replied. He told him, \u201cTake your bill and make it eight hundred.\u201d
\nThe master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light. I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings.
\nLuke 16:1-9<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The First Seven Words<\/h3>\n

The first seven words of this story might be the most critical for us: \u201cThere was a rich man whose manager . . .\u201d So then here\u2019s the question: Do we see ourselves as the owner or the manager? Scripture tells us explicitly, \u201cYou may say to yourself, \u2018My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me. But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth\u201d (Deuteronomy 8:17-19). This parable begins with a foundational truth for us to integrate into our lives: We are not the owner; we only know the owner. We are the manager.
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\nWhen I was in high school, I used to think that what I had was my money. I worked for it. It\u2019s not as if someone was just giving it away on the street corner. It seemed pretty clear to me that my income required me to spend my power, my effort, and my toil. Then one day a mentor in the faith gently reminded me that the best of my efforts, talents, opportunities, and abilities come from God. If he wanted to, he could take any of it or all of it away from me. The mentor observed that I am not entitled to any of it.
\nIt was shocking to hear. It was also true.
\nIt\u2019s one thing to know that we are the manager in Jesus\u2019 story; it\u2019s quite another to live that way in our everyday lives. Jesus is telling this parable to his disciples. If we genuinely believe that God is the rich man and we are the managers, then that means something for our discipleship. It means that generosity becomes the new natural for us. Conversely, if you think that you are the genuine owner of all you have, you will constantly struggle to understand how generosity can be a joy.<\/p>\n

Self-Talk on Money Management<\/h3>\n

Jesus continues the story with charges brought that the manager is wasting the owner\u2019s possessions. The owner calls the manager in for the final accounting because his time as the manager is over. We won\u2019t be the manager in our stories forever either. The manager is clearly guilty as charged. He makes no attempt to explain or defend himself to the owner. Instead, he begins to do what all sane and rational people do: He talks to himself.
\nSelf-talk is something we all do. But it\u2019s important to think about what you talk to yourself about. To live differently, you have to think differently. To think differently, you have to monitor your thoughts\u2014your self-talk. God\u2019s Word tells us that we are \u201ctransformed by the renewing of [our] mind\u201d (Romans 12:2).
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\nNotice here that the man\u2019s upcoming actions result directly from his thinking. The same is true for us. Through his self-talk, he correctly assesses the lay of the landscape. He realizes that he is too weak for manual labor and too proud to beg. He is insightful enough to know that this requires decisive action.
\nIn the story, the master has apparently lent out his land to tenants, who have agreed to pay him a fixed return in grain or oil. In response to his imminent crisis, the steward calls in the rich man\u2019s debtors and summarily reduces the debt of each. These are not small household quantities. These are large-scale business associates, not ordinary people with average economic levels. In Jesus\u2019 day, the validity of the contract is guaranteed by being written in the handwriting of the debtor, with the document kept in the possession of the manager. The manager acts now with an eye to his quickly coming future needs of shelter and food when his job is done.<\/p>\n

The Curious Twist in the Parable<\/h3>\n

There is a strange turn in this parable: The dishonest manager is actually commended! That seems weird, at first. But notice that he is not commended for his initial mismanagement of the owner\u2019s resources. Instead, he is commended for acting shrewdly when he knew his time was limited. He is considered shrewd rather than simply cheating, because his actions cast an aura of goodness and generosity on the rich man while simultaneously providing for his own future by ingratiating himself with the rich man\u2019s debtors.
\nBecause he has done this favor for them, he is providing for his future well-being, as he is about to lose both his job and shelter (managers often lived at the owner\u2019s property). The rich man then is not praising him for his dishonesty; he is praising him for the great foresight to anticipate what he will need after his dismissal and using his current situation to make the most of his future one.
\nAfter concluding the parable, Jesus goes on to say,<\/p>\n

If you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else\u2019s property, who will give you property of your own?
\nNo one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
\nLuke 16:11-13<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Any financial planner will tell you that you have to start with the end in mind. You have to start from knowing what you want your future to look like. Most of the time, this refers to retirement, but Jesus\u2019 parable is saying that we need to extend that timeline a bit further: into eternity.
\nRepeatedly in his parables addressing money, Jesus taught his disciples to use their money to wisely invest in Kingdom purposes. It\u2019s true in this parable. It\u2019s true in the parable of Lazarus and the rich man (see verses 16:19-31). It\u2019s also true in the parable of the rich fool (see 12:16-21).
\nThere is no waffling. We cannot serve both God and money. Either we will choose to submit the money we have to God, or it will become our god. Money makes a great tool, but it is a terrible master.
\nJesus\u2019 parable is saying that we are the manager now but will not be forever. Time is short. Decisive action now with what we cannot keep will in some way make a difference in our futures. The road to who we are becoming in the eternal future begins now. The cunning manager saw this. Do we? That is what Jesus\u2019 parable is asking.<\/p>\n

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