Who is that girl you were giving money to? I don’t seem to recognise
her.
“Ah, ah. Are you
spying on me? The left hand shouldn’t know what the right does when we do deeds
of charity. So when you give
to the poor, don't let anyone know what you are doing Mat 6:3(GW)”
I am not spying on you brother. The widow didn’t loose her reward
because Jesus noticed she was giving, and the monetary value thereof. Who is
she? The amount I saw you giving isn’t a widow’s mite either.
“Oh she is a student in need.
She can’t afford her school fees and lest she loose the admission to higher
institution I am giving this money to her.”
Is that so? It would have been better if it was your wife giving her
the money. The heart is deceitful you know. Remind me to talk to her about it
on Sunday.
“Ah! Please don’t speak to my
wife about this. She doesn’t yet know I am helping this girl. She doesn’t know
about this.”
Just a moment. You are giving aid to a female student and your wife is
unaware? Where did you meet her? Not letting the left hand know what the right
is doing does not come into this one o.
“I met her in
the cybercafé I patronise and noticed she was sad and we got talking. I just
want to help the weak as Jesus said... we should help the weak and remember the words that
the Lord Jesus himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.' Act
20:35(ISV)"
Indeed. And conveniently shield it from your family. What happens when
she meets you alone and desires to express her gratitude to you? What happens
when she comes alone to your office and after collecting the money, weeps and
embraces you...
“Haba. You have
a fertile imagination. To the pure all things are pure. Every thing is pure for someone whose heart is pure.
But nothing is pure for an unbeliever with a dirty mind Tit 1:15(CEV). ”
It is you who have missed it. This desire of yours to help the weak is
providing a masquerade for the desires of the flesh. I don’t doubt she needs
assistance and that God’s people should help the weak. I am all for secret
giving, but God requires men be one with their wives, not only in body but in
decision taking. Your wife should have been involved with this from the
conception stage. She must know.
“God knows I
have done nothing wrong with her.”
But you are giving so much opportunity to the evil one. When madam or
other members of your family discover this, will not your good be evil spoken
of? Besides my dear brother this is the typical scenario from which many men
fall: a young beautiful appreciative female who feeds your ego and your wife
who the enemy will keep pointing at her mistakes and (real or imagined)
offences. After a while the flesh and Satan set you up in an emotion charged
private meeting and we are dealing with another casualty. This is avoidable
family and marital stress. A positive adultery scene. What you are doing is not
good period. Involve her immediately. Rom14:16
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