The Treasure Principle, Revised and Updated: Unlocking the Secret of Joyful Giving

by Randy Alcorn

God’s riches are infinite. When you serve Him and others, you store up treasures in Heaven. This doesn’t reduce the treasures available to others. Everyone gains; no one loses.

You can’t take it with you— but you can send it on ahead.

TREASURE PRINCIPLE KEY #1 God owns everything. I’m His money manager.

A steward manages assets for the owner’s benefit. He carries no sense of entitlement to the assets he manages. It’s his job to find out what the owner wants done with his assets, then to carry out his will.

Giving brings us far more than it takes. It infuses our lives with gladness and gratitude. It interjects an eternal dimension into the most ordinary day. That’s one reason you could never pay givers enough to convince them not to give.

I affirm God’s full ownership of me (1 Corinthians 6:19–20) and everything entrusted to me (Psalm 24:1). I recognize that “my” money and possessions are His. I’m His money manager and His delivery person. I will ask Him what He wants me to do with His money.