Welcome to Day 1547 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

Money is Useful and Useless – Daily Wisdom

Welcome to Wisdom-Trek with Gramps! Wisdom is the final frontier in gaining true knowledge. Our mission is to create a legacy of wisdom, seek out discernment and insights, and boldly grow where few have chosen to grow before. Hello, my friend; this is Gramps; thanks for coming along on our journey to increase Wisdom and Create a Living Legacy. Today is Day 1547 of our Trek, and it's time for your daily snippet of wisdom, which includes an inspirational quote along with some wise words from Gramps for today’s trek. If you apply the words you hear today, over time, it will help you become healthy, wealthy, and wise as you continue your daily trek of life. So let’s jump right in with today’s nugget:

Today’s quote is from  Rick Warren, and it is:    Money is a useful servant but a useless god. If you don’t manage money, it manages you.

Money Is Useful And Useless

Money, we all desire it, but how much is enough? This question has been our dilemma since the beginning of commerce. In and of itself, money is neither good nor bad. Yes, for all practical purposes, it is a necessity to live in today's world, but it does not bring happiness, peace, or contentment. We work so hard to obtain it, but would give it all up in an instant for one more breath of life for ourselves or our loved ones. It all boils down to whether you manage your money effectively, or if you allow it to manage you. Many times we will enable it to control us. We buy things that we don’t need. The more that you own, the more those very things own you. Some examples of this are buying a home, land, a car, or a boat, that we cannot comfortably afford. We then have to work more just to maintain that lifestyle.

Money can be a useful servant that will enable us to further God’s kingdom here on earth, but it makes a useless god if it controls us. We have to understand that God owns and retains all that we have. At best, we are caretakers of the things that He has allowed us to manage.  Once we die, we take nothing with us, and it passes onto someone else to be the caretaker. This understanding is more of a reality for Granny and me, as we own the generational home and land everyone in the family refers to as ‘The Big House’ which my great-grandparents built in 1903. We realize that while we are responsible for maintaining the home and having the privilege of living in it, we are but caretakers for the family and God. So it should be with all that we have. When you have this mindset, then money no longer controls us, but we are responsible for managing all that God has given us to care for.

Here is our verse for today:

1 Timothy 6:17

Teach those who are rich in this world not to be proud and not to trust in their money, which is so unreliable. Their trust should be in God, who richly gives us all we need for our enjoyment.

As you ponder this nugget of wisdom yourself, I would ask you to please encourage your friends and family to join us and then come along tomorrow for another day of ‘Wisdom-Trek, Creating a Legacy.’

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Thank you for allowing me to be your guide, mentor, and most importantly, I am your friend as I serve you through this Wisdom-Trek podcast and journal each day.

As we take this Trek of life together, let us always:

1. Live Abundantly (Fully)
2. Love Unconditionally
3. Listen Intentionally
4. Learn Continuously
5. Lend to others Generously
6. Lead with Integrity
7. Leave a Living Legacy Each Day

I am Guthrie Chamberlain….reminding you to ’Keep Moving Forward,’ ‘Enjoy your Journey,’ and ‘Create a Great Day…Everyday’! See you tomorrow for more daily wisdom!