So much of our spiritual vitals are summed up in the management of our life. Managing Time, Talents, Treasures, and Truth (that is the way we share the Truth of Christ) are of utmost importance, because the way we manage those is who we really are. The life that honors God is one that surrenders all of those to Him.
It is an interesting paradox the Faith-life. When everything else in the world tells us that success is built on what we get, faith defines success by what we give. Where society measures achievement by what we collect, faith measures it by what we give away.
This morning I was thinking about the needs of this area. I was surrounded on certain streets with the stuff of societal achievement. We are sometimes too quick to believe that stuff brings security. In fact, only faith brings security. Even people who "have it all" but can't freely let it go are not secure. Their insecurity prohibits them from giving. That's why I'm inspired by those, no matter what tax bracket, who are secure enough to give.
This Sunday we had people at different income levels come privately and ask how they could give to the missionaries that we had share about their lives. These are people whose faith has made them secure enough to give. The telltale sign of security is generosity.
--Ben
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