Simple Money. Rich Life. | Make All You Can

We all want to make the most we can while making a difference in the world. Or at least, we should want that very thing. Of course, some people purposefully choose to earn less because that is God’s direction for their life, perhaps for a season or a lifetime. 

But in the context of what God has called us to do, we should be earnestly asking ourselves how we best steward what He has given us in time and talents. See the parable of the minas [Luke 19:11-27] and the parable of the talents. [Matthew 25:14–30]

Interestingly though, the very idea of money, what we do with it and what we make is a strangely forbidden conversation in our culture. And telling people they can and should seek to make more—in a church sermon—unthinkable, which is why I took us back to the Wesley quote. Be reminded that all of this works together for a greater purpose, not self-service.

So, you and I—at least most of us—want to make more money. We do, and hopefully, for the right reasons. What is stopping us? Primarily, it is a lack of knowledge and tools on what to do next to raise our earning potential.

We spent over a decade in primary school learning everything but what we needed to know to make a living and an impact in this world. 

I do not know how all of that makes you feel, but it would make me feel trapped, and frankly, I have heard that word from others more times than I can count. People feel trapped in dead-end jobs and opportunity-less situations, and maybe you do too. 

Everyone should have been shown how to maximise their potential to make as much as they can, to impact as many as they can. But sadly, we were not shown how. We have been left to try and figure it out independently.