How Should We Spend Our Money?

At age 70, Bob Langley is somewhat of a local hero in the Atlanta area. After losing his wife to lung cancer in 1992, Bob decided to make a difference to those fighting the disease. He began volunteering with Road to Recovery, a service organization that provides transportation to cancer patients to and from treatment appointments. He spends roughly $800 a month on gasoline, and puts about 1000 miles a week on his car. Bob doesn’t just drive; he cares. And he listens. Bob invests.

The wisest investment we can make is to spend our time, our money and ourselves on people who may never be able to pay us back, especially when it opens doors to them to know Jesus. This is not the way to make your bank account look better – it’s ludicrous by the world’s standards of investing, but in God’s economy, when you spend on others, He can spend on you.

When we get to heaven, we will cast our crowns at Jesus’ feet. Our crowns will be the lives we touched with His love, and the souls that are there because we reached out to them in Jesus’ name. I want to be like Bob Langley and invest in people who need help and need someone to listen to them. I want my church to thrive, so I will tithe to the church. I will also go out on the streets and help those that come past me. I want to spend myself on people I see every day who might miss out on heaven unless I care enough to give, love and share.

I John 3:17 — “If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?”

By the Rev. Tommy Herndon
Image: Tricia Louque