The reason money is so difficult is because it will call you a liar. Here’s what I mean. Down here, you can run your mouth all you want about the greatness of God and how good He is and how beautiful He is and how right He is and you can get John 3:16 tattooed on your throat, you can do all of those things and you can buy the t-shirt with the buck and “As the deer pants for the water, so my soul longs for You,” you can put nine ichthuses on your car, depending on how big your family is, you can do that whole deal, but your checkbook will reveal what you really value. So you can yap your mouth all you want and you can come to church all you want and you can do all of the religious games you want, but in the end if your money is your money and all of it is spent on you and all of it is spent on what you want and you have not concept of a greater kingdom and a greater purpose for which you’re here and that money was given to you, your treasure is not the kingdom of God, your treasure is you. And that’s what makes money so difficult, because it doesn’t have an opinion, because it doesn’t love you or hate you. It just betrays you and shows you who you really are

Matt Chandler, Buying the Field (via solideogloriaa) —