In my office I have piles of donated clothes to be distributed to those in need. Most of these clothes are brand new designer labels with price tags still attached. So much wasted on stuff never used. Looking at those heaps of clothes reminded me of a sermon by John Wesley I read some time ago. In it, he called on his listeners to use their money wisely and with care. It became known as his trilateral sermon because it stood on the three points of his summation, “Gain all, save all, spend all”.
And Wesley was a man who practised what he preached. He believed that when it came to making money, there was no need for the Christian to take a back seat to the world. His philosophy was that Christians should be diligent in earning as much as possible and there was no reason for them to be ashamed of it. Wesley was a hard worker who spent little time at home, always on the move, spreading the Word, sleeping on hard floors, and even reading and studying on horseback while travelling between towns and villages.
