You,
“It
is all about giving.”
There is a wrong tale told
frequently about giving. We are told that we give to receive but that is not
completely true. It is one of those things that get you in the door but once
you are in the house you will certainly not need anymore. I think it is called
a ‘key’.
After a while, it all
becomes a bit of divine gambling. I know people who give and give until
something breaks through to them in blessed returns. I know people whose whole
act of giving is a catalyst for them to do more, in ‘faith’, and believe that
their Ponzi schemes and mark up prices will guide them safely home. Giving has
become an investment in something else. It is not laying up treasure in heaven
but padding up the nest at home on earth.
There is nothing wrong with
giving, to be sure. Giving material wealth is just the bottom of the scale. When
we are told giving to the poor is lending to God it is to set up the idea that
we are all really giving up to God our whole selves. This is a small shadow for
a massive truth. We do not put money in envelopes to any avail if our lives are
not on the metaphorical altar of being in God.
There is no need to give
money to God without your life being offered up too. This is not a business
transaction but a way of life. It is all about giving up who you are so you
might finally lay hold of the person you will forever be in God.
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