I notice you
are not going out to give; did you make your own contribution online?
Online ke! Please
don’t mock me. Not everyone is like you.
Well, no
offence meant, everyone is going out to give something, and I come back and meet
you still here: no shaking, eh?
See, there’s no
point in my going out. I don’t have anything to give... don’t look at me like
that. It’s not that I don’t know we should give, but what I have is very, very
small. I mean, the money counters are just going to use my offering to make a mockery and tell people, “In this day and age - see what someone brought as an offering”. Let me hold my peace
Excuse me. Are
you giving to the money counters or the Lord God?
What I have to
give will make no difference at all in the budget. Didn’t you hear the amounts
being mentioned as what we need to get for the church for the year? God is
raising people who will give the money. My own role for service is elsewhere. I
will respect myself, please.
You are getting
things wrong here. First of all, we are not actually called to give to the church
primarily but to God. 2Cor 8:5(ERV) And they
gave in a way that we did not expect: They gave themselves to the Lord and to
us before they gave their money. This is what God wants. Okay? And the lord himself loves your
giving from the heart cheerfully!
Even this tiny
amount?
Look, God values
what you give very differently from the way man does. It looks small in your
eyes, but to Him who really matters, it’s quite big. Mk 12:43-44(ERV) Jesus
called his followers to him and said, "This poor widow put in only two
small coins. But the truth is, she gave more than all those rich
people. They have plenty, and they gave only what they did not need. This
woman is very poor, but she gave all she had. It was money she needed to live on." It’s going to be the biggest offering here
today but you aren’t seeing that yet. Go ahead, it will bring God glory and
pleasure.
Mmhh, that is not
all the money I have to live on shah. It’s just very small. Alright, since you
put it that way. I agree God accepts it and sees it differently. But what good
will it do among so many needs? It won’t even transport the things from the
market … Jn 6:8, 9(ESV) One of his
disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him, “There is a boy
here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are they for so
many?”
O you of little
faith! God has use for it. Give it to Jesus. Mat 14:17-18(GNB) "All
we have here are five loaves and two fish," they replied. "Then
bring them here to me," Jesus said. When He blesses such gifts miracles happen.
What if the young lad had withheld his lunch that day? We must never be ashamed to give what
we have because it looks small. It is what you have that is acceptable for you.
2Cor
8:12(WEB) For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to
what you have, not according to what you don’t have.
Well spoken, my
sister. It’s too late. The time of offering has passed ….
Who said? Bring
that amount, let’s send it forward. It isn’t late at all
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