Life on Loan: Caring for God's Gifts - The Gift of Tithing

This powerful teaching confronts one of the most challenging aspects of our faith journey: the reality that nothing we possess is truly ours. Drawing from Luke 12:13-21, we encounter Jesus' parable of the rich fool—a successful farmer who accumulated wealth only to miss the entire point of his existence. The farmer's tragic mistake wasn't his prosperity, but his ownership mentality. He repeatedly said 'my crops,' 'my barns,' 'my grain,' never once acknowledging God as the source. This message challenges us to shift from being 'tippers' who treat church like a transaction, or even 'tithers' who check a legalistic box, to becoming 'trustees' who recognize that every breath, every dollar, every resource flows from God's hand. The New Testament doesn't call us to a percentage—it calls us to surrender everything. When we truly grasp that life is on loan, our clenched fists open, our hearts align with eternal purposes, and we discover the freedom of asking daily, 'What do You want me to do with this?' The barn reveals the heart, and where our treasure goes, our heart inevitably follows. This isn't about God needing our money; it's about Him wanting our hearts fully devoted to what actually matters for eternity.