Rock Point Church
Pastor Bill Bush · Oct 24, 2026
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Sign inDay 1 of 7 · Luke 12:13-15
Pastor Bill opened with a confession most of us could borrow: he impulsively bought discounted stair-stepper gym equipment he couldn't really afford, then talked himself into believing it was a smart move. It's a small story, but it lands a big point. How we handle money isn't neutral, and it isn't only about budgeting. The way we spend quietly announces what we actually believe money is and what it's for. That's where Jesus starts too. When a man asks Him to settle a family inheritance dispute, Jesus steps back from the argument and goes after the deeper thing: "Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own." Notice He isn't scolding the man for having money. He's exposing a belief hiding underneath the request. Pastor Bill's challenge is simple: take an honest look at your relationship with money. Consider what your spending, saving, and giving reveal about your priorities and where you place your trust. Are you treating money as something you own or something God has entrusted to your care? Let that question sit for a moment. The first step toward freedom is being willing to recognize what our choices are already saying about us.
Prayer
Ask God for the honesty to hear what your spending is already saying about you.
Day 2 of 7 · Luke 12:16-21
Working through the parable of the rich fool, Pastor Bill made a point that's easy to miss: Jesus never condemns the man for being rich, and never scolds him for saving. Read it again and watch the pronouns pile up. "I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones. Then I will have room enough to store all my wheat and other goods. And I'll sit back and say to myself, My friend, you have enough stored away for years to come. Now take it easy!" The problem wasn't his wealth. It was where he placed his security. He believed that enough stored-up stuff could make him safe, that he could finally relax because the barns were full. And then God says, "You fool! You will die this very night." Everything he trusted to hold him up couldn't follow him past sundown. That's a sobering mirror, not a rebuke. Most of us have a version of the bigger barn, the number or cushion that we tell ourselves will finally let us breathe. Jesus isn't against planning. He's warning us not to anchor our lives to something that can't actually carry the weight. Security that dies with us was never security at all.
Prayer
Pray for clarity about where you've quietly been placing your security.
Day 3 of 7 · Luke 12:15
Pastor Bill drew a line between two ways of seeing the same dollar. The American expression says money is "mine" to control. The biblical expression calls it stewardship, where God is the owner and we are the managers of what He's entrusted to us. He illustrated it with a story about house-sitting for an older couple, and how, once he started treating their home like it was his own, he began to abuse their trust and their belongings. That image stays with you because the difference isn't the house, it's the posture. A guest cares for what belongs to someone else. An owner does whatever he pleases. Same rooms, same furniture, entirely different heart. Jesus warned, "Life is not measured by how much you own." A steward can hold that loosely, because the measuring stick was never ownership in the first place. This isn't a demand that you feel guilty for having things. It's an invitation to a lighter grip. When the house isn't ultimately yours, you stop white-knuckling it and start caring for it well. Honestly ask which posture describes you right now, not to shame yourself, but to see clearly. Seeing clearly is where real freedom begins.
Prayer
Ask God to show you one place to loosen your grip and steward well.
Day 4 of 7 · Luke 12:22-32
After the parable, Jesus turns to His disciples and gets personal: "Look at the ravens. They don't plant or harvest or store food in barns, for God feeds them. And you are far more valuable to Him than any birds!" He points to the wildflowers too, dressed better than Solomon, and asks why we worry. Pastor Bill framed this as Jesus diagnosing something tender: we believe in Him, but we struggle to believe Him with our money. There's a gap between trusting Jesus for eternity and trusting Him for next month's bills. And Jesus names the anxiety without mocking it. "Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?" He knows worry is human. He also knows your Father already knows exactly what you need. If money is tight, hear this gently: fear is not a character flaw, and hard circumstances are real. Jesus isn't shaming the worried. He's inviting the worried to look up at the ravens and remember who feeds them. The antidote He offers isn't denial, it's trust in a Father who sees you and calls you far more valuable than the birds He already provides for. You are not forgotten in the counting.
Prayer
Pray for trust in the Father who already knows what you need.
Day 5 of 7 · Deuteronomy 8:11-18
Pastor Bill pointed out something surprising Jesus said: "Where your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be." We usually assume the heart leads and the wallet follows. Jesus says it runs the other way. Put your treasure somewhere, and your heart will migrate there to join it. That's why money is a discipleship issue, not just a math problem. He connected this to Moses's warning in Deuteronomy 8. On the edge of the Promised Land, Moses tells Israel that the real danger isn't the wilderness, it's the prosperity on the other side. When the houses are full and the herds are large, "that is the time to be careful." The temptation will be to say, "I have achieved this wealth with my own strength and energy," and quietly forget the God who gave it. Comfort has a way of erasing memory. The very blessings meant to point us back to God can become the reason we stop looking at Him. So the practice Moses urges is remembering: it was the Lord who gave you the power to prosper. If your treasure pulls your heart, then where you aim it matters enormously. Aim it at what lasts, and your heart will follow it home.
Prayer
Ask God to help you remember Him as the giver of everything you have.
Day 6 of 7 · Luke 12:33-34
Pastor Bill described two directions the same wheel can seem to spin. He and his executive pastor even argued with an AI chatbot over which way car wheels turn, until he realized the answer depends entirely on where you're sitting. From the passenger seat you see one thing. From the driver's seat you see the truth. That's his picture for the two money cycles. The ownership model runs spend, save, give: we spend first, save what's left out of guilt, and give only the leftovers, if anything remains. Pastor Bill noted this cycle keeps growing until what we own ends up owning us, with most people living paycheck to paycheck no matter the income. The biblical model runs the opposite way: give first, then save, then live on the rest. And here's his key insight: you can't change your perspective without changing your position. You don't reason your way from passenger to driver. You move seats. Seeing money the way God sees it, as the author of life who gives first, means taking His vantage point rather than defending ours. Jesus says to store treasure in heaven, "where no thief can steal it and no moth can destroy it." The direction of the wheel looks different once you're finally sitting where He sits.
Prayer
Pray for the willingness to change your position, not just your opinion, about money.
Day 7 of 7 · Luke 12:13-34
This week wasn't a push to do anything yet. Pastor Bill was clear: no one was being asked to give or to overhaul a budget. He asked for one thing, honesty about which expression of money, ownership or stewardship, actually describes your life right now. So as a new ordinary week begins tomorrow, carry the honesty forward rather than tucking it away. Look at the whole of Luke 12. Jesus moves from a greedy inheritance dispute, to a fool with full barns, to anxious disciples, to treasure that steers the heart. The thread holding it together is the one Pastor Bill named: our money expresses what we believe. That means every ordinary transaction this week, the grocery run, the subscription you forgot about, the thing in your cart, is quietly saying something true about you. You don't have to fix all of it tomorrow. But you can keep looking clearly. Notice which direction the wheel is spinning in your actual life. Let the Word keep speaking to this corner of your heart, and consider walking it out with someone you trust rather than alone. Freedom here doesn't start with a bigger barn or a perfect plan. It starts with sitting where Jesus sits and letting your treasure lead your heart home.
Prayer
Ask God to keep forming your heart through what you've seen about money this week.
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