Since Thursday’s budget delivered by Chancellor Rachel Reeves, households throughout Britain have been taking stock of their finances. Many have discovered that they will be worse off through increases in income tax, Council tax, fuel duty and other hidden items such as a milkshake tax! Of course different political parties have either declared it to be a fair budget or the worst ever since World War 2.
However, there is a way that we can conduct a personal budget, based on the words of the Lord Jesus Christ. Anyone interested in what He taught about money and the necessities of life should read The Gospel of Luke Luke chapter 12. If you don’t have a Bible, you can read it for free here:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2012&version=KJV
Another famous verse is found in The Gospel of Mark chapter 8 v.35:
“For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul’.
As we sit with our calculator, savings account statements, social security benefit statement, or salary slip, taking stock, would this not be a good time to reflect on how rich we are towards God? My 5 year old grandson recently asked me, what is my favourite colour of Lamborghini? He has much more chance of owning one than I have!
Jesus Christ challenges us that no matter what riches we could have in the world, it would be pointless if we leave this world and go into eternity with no hope and no salvation to find that we ignored the most valuable thing we had in this life – our soul. So, lets put that in the financial assessment of our lives and get a true picture of our personal budget.
“And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgement; so Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many…” Hebrews 9:27,28