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What our series "Identity" is all about

We were all created as a “self,” the person God made us to be.  But eventually something comes along that we are ashamed of (our weight, our family, our choices, etc.) and that “shame” covers our “self.”  Then, we create a “personality,” a version of ourselves that we want others to see which covers our “shame.”

But what happens to the person God made us to be?  What’s our identity?

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We all say that money can’t buy happiness, but no one actually believes that.  That’s why we keep buying things that make us happy.  Money and things do contribute to our happiness, but they leave us wanting more.  Solomon helps us understand what is missing in Ecclesiastes 5:10 when he says “Whoever loves money never has enough;   whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income.   This too is meaningless.”  When he says it’s meaningless, he doesn’t mean that there is no value, but that it won’t give you value.  

This Weeks Point: No amount of money will give your life meaning.

At Home Suggestions

Talk about how your family uses money, and why money is important.  Then talk about how your connections with God and each other are more important.

Read Matthew 6:24 No one can be a slave of two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot be slaves of God and of money. (HCSB)

Ask: Who is speaking here?  He says you can only serve one master, and He gives us a choice between God and something else.  What was the other choice?  Why do you think that’s the other choice?

Explain that Jesus is explaining the truth of who has ultimate leadership in our lives.  He gives us the choice between God and money.  You would think the choice would be God or Satan, but it’s not.  It’s money.  I think this is because most of us aren’t going to serve Satan, but if we elevate money and things we always tend to lower the priority of God in our lives.

Pray that your family would let your things serve you, not the other way around.