Are You A Cheapskate?
“Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and
shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the
same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.” (Luke 6:38)
Today’s
Morsel: A well-worn one-dollar
bill and a similarly distressed twenty-dollar bill arrived at a Federal Reserve
Bank to be retired. As they moved along the conveyor belt to be burned, they
struck up a conversation. The twenty-dollar bill reminisced about its travels
all over the country. "I've had a pretty good life," the twenty
proclaimed. "Why I've been to Las Vegas and Atlantic City, the finest
restaurants in New York, performances on Broadway, and even a cruise to the
Caribbean." "Wow!"
said the one-dollar bill. "You've really had an exciting
life! "So, tell me," says the twenty,” "where have you
been throughout your lifetime?"
The one-dollar bill replies, "Oh, I've been to the Methodist Church, the
Baptist Church, the Lutheran Church ...." The twenty-dollar bill interrupts,
"What's a church?" (humor)
Money
is one of those commodities that if we are not careful it can lead us away from
doing what God has asked of us to do. In admonishing the children of Israel
Moses state: “Beware that
thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his
judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day: Lest when thou hast
eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; And when
thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied,
and all that thou hast is multiplied; Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou
forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt,
from the house of bondage; Who led thee through that great and terrible
wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where
there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint; Who
fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he
might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter
end; And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath
gotten me this wealth. But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he
that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which
he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day. And it shall be, if thou do at
all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and
worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.” (Deuteronomy 8:11-19) Always remember, God
loves a cheerful giver.
Sing: Give and it shall be given, good
measure shaken together and running over. Give and it shall be given,
when you give you give to the Lord.
Thought For Today: “For the love
of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have
erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.” (1
Timothy 6:10)