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KEY SCRIPTURE: “Give freely and spontaneously. Don’t have a stingy heart. The way you handle matters like this triggers God, your God’s blessing in everything you do, all your work and ventures…So I command you, Always be generous, open purse and hands.” Deuteronomy 15:11
POWER POINT:
It’s a beautiful day here even though its
cold. I was a little late putting out the fresh bread, bird seed and peanuts
for all the “critters” at my house. I am amazed at how much I was totally
unaware of all the creatures around my house, until I began to feed them. They
wait for me every morning around the same time. I can hear the crows
complaining if I’m late. Within minutes of my closing the door, life comes to life with a flurry. Before, I was oblivious to them, now I know
that they rely on me for their food and water.
It’s my job.
Yesterday I participated in an event to
raise money to build wells all over the world for people who have no
water. Unless somebody helps them they will never have clean water. The picture I
can’t get out of my mind is that of a woman in Haiti, trying to dig with her
own hands to bring up the water out of the ground. I bet her nails were broken
and dirty. She's desperate. If she doesn’t do that, her little
girls will have to walk miles each day in dangerous territory to get enough water to survive. The thing is, before I knew about it, I never
thought about it. I was oblivious. Now
I’m accountable for what I know.
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Beloved, God has more than enough money but
some of it is in our pockets.
We have been taught to worry about our
future.( Have you ever come away from a newscast smiling? ) In the Kingdom of
God, that’s not allowed, because in the Kingdom of God, God is our Provider and
He’s not stingy. In the Kingdom of God,
the more we give the bigger our supply gets.
Almost. That means we were
thinking about helping and then we didn’t. We came close but not close
enough. We nearly helped. We almost gave.
But then we got the mistaken impression that it was our money. Oops. If some of God’s money is in our pockets,
shouldn’t we at least ask Him what He wants us to do with it and then do it?
My friend Janet began a group of cheerful
“well-diggers” a few years ago called “The Widow’s Mite Experience”. They put
on all kinds of functions and encourage
other women to give so that they can have the joy of building wells for God
where He wants to build them. My son,
David is active in an organization called, “Feed My Starving Children”. I'm so proud of them. Both Janet and David have visited other
countries and seen the starving and thirsty families there who need God’s
pockets to be emptied out. My son has pictures of people who stand in line for MILES to get food for their families. Janet and David are no longer oblivious to those faces. They’re engraved on their hearts. They are
not passing by anymore.
Beloved, we are part of God’s relief plan. We are
representing Him and His kingdom. We are the ones who are chosen to be part of the family business that brings heaven to earth. What a privilege. What a partnership!
I have been so guilty at times of almost doing something. Haven’t you? I
thought about it. I meant to. But something
happened and I didn’t. I’m changing that.
How about you?
Yesterday ladies bid at an auction and bought
purses they probably didn’t need at prices they couldn’t believe. The truth is
they weren’t buying purses- they were taking God’s money out of their pockets
to buy fresh water. I was proud of them. And so was He. They didn't almost do it, they did it. Good for them! Well done.
Power Thought:
I’ve never done this before but I wanted to give you an opportunity to fill two very worthy ministry pockets today with God’s supply for food and water.
The
Widows Mite Experience
Feed My
Starving Children
Almost there?
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