Everything is His

I was talking to my sister on the phone today.  During our conversation I overheard her say to one of her children, "That is your dad's."  She spoke in a very firm voice...nice, but firm.  In essence what she was saying was, "Do you realize who that belongs to?  You can't just do whatever you want with that.  Be careful!"

I am not sure what they were getting into, and I didn't even ask.  But in that tiny moment, I felt like God was reminding me...it all belongs to Him!  My children.  My money.  My life.  My time.  I can't just do whatever I want with these.  I must be careful.  I must have respect.  Everything is His...my Father's!

How might you treat your child (especially in one of those difficult moments that we all have as parents) if you thought of them as God's child?  How would you treat your spouse?  And money...I need to grow in maturity there too! 

1 Chronicles 29:11 "Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is Yours.  Yours is the kingdom, O LORD, and You are exalted as head above all." (ESV)