It s yours, but you ll defer its use. Then give 10 percent away. Pick your recipients well, and give to them gladly and freely. In short, he is saying, make money your servant, not vice versa. Money can deceive us into thinking that having money will bring us happiness.
Money can be our master.
Also we can make money our servant and use it to enrich the lives of others. A third role that money plays in our lives is that it help us to indicate what the true values are in our lives. The way we use money creates a system of values for ourselves and our children. A woman tells about a tactless question that a friend asked at the conclusion of a graveside funeral service for the woman s father. Shocked by her friend s rudeness, the woman nonetheless considered the question and found her answer.