Mine? or Thanks?
Wednesday August 8th, Exodus
16: 4 Then the LORD said to Moses, "I will rain down bread from
heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that
day. In this way I will test them and see whether they will follow my
instructions. 5 On the sixth day they are to prepare what they bring in, and
that is to be twice as much as they gather on the other days." God
provides for everyone’s need, not everyone’s greed. What the people found out was that if they
gathered more than a day’s worth, it rotted, it stank. On the sixth day they could get enough for
two days so they could rest on the Sabbath.
When we horde, it also rots, and rotting still stinks. It rots away in our garages and houses and off-shore
accounts, true, but mostly it rots away in our hearts and souls, and that is
where the stink comes from. I can’t come
to church this Sunday, I have a boat; I have to go fishing again, I have a
cabin, I Must spend time there. And just
who do you think gave you the ability to get that boat or cabin in the first
place? A little thank you would be
nice. Do we live in a world of “Mine” or
a world of “thanks?” Mine leaves an
empty feeling in your gut, thanks leaves singing in your soul.
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