How do I start this? I am a child of God, a follower of the Christ
Jesus, a husband and father to a little Princess, and a brother of the
Church. I have something to say. Something that I believe is driven by His
Holy Spirit within me. It’s a simple idea,
yet I know it will be so hard for many to comprehend and accept. Some may call me crazy or nuts. That’s okay.
Many called Noah crazy for what he did.
For millennia now, since the Fall of humanity, we
all have been deceived. Yes, let that
soak in for a moment. Since the
beginning of humanity we have lived with the drive to acquire wealth. We believe that we must work hard to earn a living. So we grow up, get an education, get a job,
and so on. Since that beginning, we have
had money in the mix of this Creation.
Whether it is coin or paper note or simply land to trade, the business
of buying and selling or trading has been in place. So just what is money anyway? First let’s take a look at a little of what
God says. Exodus 20:3, of the Ten
Commandments, ”You shall have no other gods before me.“ From I Timothy 6:10, “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.” Wow, money sure
does seem like an ugly thing. So what is
it then? It is nothing more than a cast
idol that, let’s face it, so many worship!
When I say cast, I mean it in a Biblical sense that it is something
manufactured by human hands. Whether
coin of copper or silver or gold, or cast of paper, it is an idol. Let’s face it, many of placed this god before
the God of all Creation! Yikes!
So now, do we really need it? Let’s see here, God shares with us all that
we need and more. He is the owner of the
entire universe, and He chooses to share with us. He doesn’t sell us His stuff, He shares it. Yes, we have humans who will claim ownership
of His stuff and demand payment before they will share it. What?!?
First of all, it is all His stuff.
He is the owner and we are simply His stewards or managers of His
stuff. So we really have no claim to sell
His stuff to each other. God shares it
with us first, that is His intention. So
we ought to follow His example and share freely with each other. Therefore, we really don’t need money now do
we. We use money as stuff to exchange
for other stuff. Be it food, water,
clothes, houses, transportation, and so on.
Let’s eliminate money and thus buying and selling from the mix. Whoa!
What? Yeah…meditate on this. No money.
No buying and selling, no profit making.
There is only sharing. It can be
done.
Without money, buying, and selling in the mix,
this will eliminate so many problems with poverty and disparity in the world
today. People no longer will work a job
because they have to so they can put food on the table and a roof over their
heads. People can pursue what God put in
them to do and receive all the support they need to do and be the best they
can. Money limits this, but remove it
and those limitations melt away. If it
is in you to be a manager, that do that.
If it is in you to be an engineer, then do that. If it is in you to be a musician, that do
that. No buying or selling, no profit
making, no paychecks needed…only sharing.
You can still go to your community market place for food and such, but
when you check out it is only for the purpose of inventory management. You can still go see a movie or play or
concert, but the artists share what they have and not sell it.
This idea right here is quite literally Heaven on
earth. Everyone freely, generously, and
lovingly sharing with one another. This
is all His kingdom come, His will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Try to imagine it. A world where there is no money, where everyone
is sharing art and harvests and crafts and skills with one another, where
everyone contributes to one another by doing the very thing that makes him or
her come alive inside! A world where no
one is suffering because they don’t have the money to pay for food or shelter
or health care.
Alas, this kind of world
won’t be until Jesus returns. Yet, I
wonder…. What if the entire Church
around the world came together under one banner of Christ and decided to
eliminate money from the mix of living and shared? I believe it could be done. “With men this is impossible, but with God
all things are possible.” –Matthew 19:26.
Now for the next question, can this idea go
viral? Only time will tell. May the peace and love of God abound in us
all.
