Where Will the Money Come from? That always seems to be the question when God tells us to do something or asks us to do something for His church.

I suppose it’s one of our most common worries. We need to build an addition on the church. But where will the money come from? I’d like to go to seminary. But where will the money come from? I wish I could help that missionary. But where will the money come from? I feel God wants me to go into nursing. But where will the money come from?

We find ourselves facing the same question again as we are making improvements here at Calvary. I would like to share a story from God’s Word that hopefully will bring you the same comfort it has brought me concerning our endeavors here at Calvary.

The same question was surely asked in ancient Judah as the people considered finishing the temple. The Prophet Haggai described the desperate conditions of that time: “You have planted much, but have harvested little . . . You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it” (Hag. 1:5-6). How could a destitute people, struggling to make ends meet, ever raise the funds necessary to complete God’s temple?

In his message urging Judah to give priority to God’s temple, the prophet makes this statement. “’The silver is Mine and the gold is Mine,’ declares the Lord Almighty” (2:8).

How the people of Judah must have struggled. They were convinced they must complete the temple. But where would the money come from?

And then the decree of Darius, in response to the challenge raised by Judah’s enemies, arrived. There, with the permission to rebuild, were the words, “The costs are to be paid by the royal treasury” (Ezra 6:4). The endless wealth of one of the world’s mightiest empires was suddenly made available to God’s poverty-stricken people.

The incident teaches us an important lesson. “Where will the money come from?” is an important question. But not knowing should never deter us from acting if we are sure of God’s will. The message from God that Haggai shared so long ago is still true. The silver is the Lord’s. And the gold is the Lord’s. When we commit ourselves to do His will, the Lord will provide.

Serving Him Together,

Pastor Don