About Christ's suffering upon the cross and your finances…

Luke 21:1 As he looked up, Jesus saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. 2 He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. 3 "I tell you the truth," he said, "this poor widow has put in more than all the others. 4 All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on." (NIV)

Luke 21:1 And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. 2 And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites. 3 And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all: 4 For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had. (KJV)

In many respects, it is ungodly to put your finances in the same sentence as Christ's suffering upon the cross. What we must understand is no matter what we go through with our finances, whether we are wealthy, whether we live in poverty, or whether we live in a financial state between wealth and poverty, we must always understand our finances are temporary. Our finances are temporary because our life is temporary. As much as we might want or need money, our money will cease to exist when we die. After we die, no matter how much or how little money we have when we are alive, we will have no need for money. Christ's suffering upon the cross should always stand between you and your finances. For every worry you have about your money, with Christ's suffering upon the cross in the foreground, His suffering puts you and your financial worries in the background. When you write a check or use your credit card, you must see Christ's suffering upon the cross as being in a place where you have to physically reach around the foot of the cross to write a check or use your credit card.