Down the Drain by David Jeremiah

Wednesday, January 31 Down the Drain    Honor God with your possessions, and with the firstfruits of all your increase. Proverbs 3:9    Last fall a strange story showed up in European newspapers. Swiss authorities in Geneva launched an investigation about tens of thousands of paper currency—Euros—that had been shredded and flushed down the toilets of several restaurants in Geneva, clogging the pipes. No one knows how or why this occurred, but the police believe someone was trying to depose of large amounts of cash for unknown but illicit reasons. The mystery has yet to be solved.

Recommended Reading: Proverbs 3:1-10

We can’t imagine flushing our money down the toilet, but have you ever heard expressions like, “That’s money down the drain” or “It’s like throwing good money after bad”? Many of our purchases and expenditures, if not prayerfully and wisely made, represent money down the drain. But whenever we invest our funds faithfully in our local churches and in the worldwide cause of the Gospel, we are honoring God and He will honor us with blessings untold. “Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the best part of everything you produce. Then He will fill your barns with grain, and your vats will overflow with good wine” (Proverbs 10:9-10, NLT). No person was ever honored for what he received. He was honored for what he gave. Calvin Coolidge