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Richard Foster, most noted for The Celebration of Discipline, has yet another volume Money, Sex and Power in which he examines three of the most important issues facing us in contemporary society.
In this provocative study on how faith informs our perspective on the use of money, sex and power, he has one especially helpful illustration regarding what we are to value in the Kingdom life. Imagine for a moment, that our government has made a decision to convert its currency to the British pound. When the day arrives for this event, all American currency will be worthless. The catch is that our government won't tell us when it is to occur. A wise person might discern that they should convert their funds to the British pound, and keep only enough money to live from day to day.
The point is that Jesus has told us that we are to lay up for ourselves treasures that will have lasting value and that will not be corrupted by time. Do we know when the day will come when the big currency conversion will occur? No! We just have to be ready.
Richard Foster, Money, Sex and Power, San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1985, p. 55.
In this provocative study on how faith informs our perspective on the use of money, sex and power, he has one especially helpful illustration regarding what we are to value in the Kingdom life. Imagine for a moment, that our government has made a decision to convert its currency to the British pound. When the day arrives for this event, all American currency will be worthless. The catch is that our government won't tell us when it is to occur. A wise person might discern that they should convert their funds to the British pound, and keep only enough money to live from day to day.
The point is that Jesus has told us that we are to lay up for ourselves treasures that will have lasting value and that will not be corrupted by time. Do we know when the day will come when the big currency conversion will occur? No! We just have to be ready.
Richard Foster, Money, Sex and Power, San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1985, p. 55.
