How to Become God's Banker
When banks lend money to people they check what is known as the four Cs:
Character, Capacity, Collateral and Capital.
Character is all about the person you are lending to. This involves the person's integrity and history when it comes to the management of his affairs. Capacity deals with a person's ability to generate income to repay his borrowings.
Third is collateral. This has to do with a guarantee in case anything should happen to a borrower and the debt remains unpaid. And lastly is Capital. Lenders check the commitment level of a borrower to a project. This they do by looking at the capital invested by the borrower.
For instance if one is starting a business or buying a house, a lender wants to see how much personal stake the borrower has in the project or property.
Lending to God
The idea of being someone who lends to God is absurd. Because when it comes to character no one has a history of integrity in the management of His affairs as God.
When it comes to Capacity, God not only owns all things, He is eternal, you can be sure He will be around to face things when collection time comes. When it comes to collateral, He owns the cattle on a thousand hills. That means He has both inventory and real estate.
But most of all, God has invested His best resources. He has given us His most prized possession, His one and only Son to assure us that is well invested.
Does God Need to Borrow from Us?
Probably not, and yet the Bible tells us there is one instance when God chooses to borrow from us.
"Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward them for what they have done. Proverbs 19:17
To God when we lend to the poor, it is like we are lending to Him. That makes you His banker, and that's a huge trust, a thrilling thought. Further it says, He will reward us for doing this.
Conversely, another proverb says, "Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered.- Proverbs 21:13
Keep the poor in your thoughts and see God hear your cry and answer them.
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