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Discipleship Focus: Financial Capital
- Financial Capital: Financial capital is that which the world pursues with all of its heart. However, from God’s perspective it is the lowest of the five capitals. As with all capitals, it absolutely has value. But it can be traded for capitals that have much greater value.
As we look at Bezalel’s work in the tabernacle, we can get a sense
of the amount of material that is used in the construction. Tons of gold, silver, bronze, wood, and fabric
are brought forth. From prior chapters,
we actually remember that the materials brought forth are actually greater than
what was needed.
If we look at what God is trying to do in the life of the Hebrew
people, we can see a neat dynamic at work.
God is teaching the people to trade their financial capital in order to
be in relationship with Him. Financial
capital is easy to love, but spiritual capital gleaned through our relationship
with the Father is far more significant.
What is neat, though, is how little each family would have
honestly had to give in order to bring the tabernacle into existence. Each family would have needed to give about
1/20 of an ounce of gold and silver. For
a people who had just plundered Egypt, this would have been a pittance. God asks little of us; yet He desires so
greatly to bless us with spiritual capital: relationship with Him.
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