By the world's standards, most of you reading this would be considered "rich". Yesterday we considered contentment, this contentment is a foundation for the ability and willingness to give. Notice in verse 18 that we are called be be generous and be ready to share. It has to do with a mind set and being ready to act when an opportunity presents itself.
Yesterday's passage ended with the statement in verse 10 that "money is the root of all evil". It didn't say that money is evil, this depends on our attitude towards it and what we do with it.
A.W. Tozer brought the thoughts together when he said "As base a thing as money often is, it yet can be transmuted into everlasting treasure. It can be converted into food for the hungry and clothing for the poor; it can keep a missionary actively winning lost men to the light of the gospel and thus transmute itself into heavenly values. Any temporal possession can be turned into everlasting wealth. Whatever is given to Christ is immediately touched with immortality."
This type of giving will bring contentment and can be built upon " so that they may take hold of that which is truly life" , as we read at the end of verse 19.
Think of this statement by Randy Alcorn, "God's money has a higher purpose than my affluence."
Blessings,
Mike
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17-19Tell those rich in this world's wealth to quit being so full of themselves and so obsessed with money, which is here today and gone tomorrow. Tell them to go after God, who piles on all the riches we could ever manage—to do good, to be rich in helping others, to be extravagantly generous. If they do that, they'll build a treasury that will last, gaining life that is truly life.
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