Subject: OVER TAXATION! |
Bible Note: AQUEEN, 2 Corinthians 9:7- Let each one do just as he has purposed in his heart. Not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. Read this whole chapter. It makes a huge statement where giving is concerned. No one has the right to demand ad especially call into question ones faith over this. Are there times we need to challenge one another where giving is concerned? Absolutely! But! We do so not out of obligation or legalizm but out of our heart for what God has given us. Whatever I have I have because God gave it to me, so it all belongs to him anyway. So it would reason that out of gratitude and love for God that I would want to give back to him. I want to encourage you with this. People don't set the bar for what you give. That's between you and God. when you give take a look at your heart. Paul tells us to examine our hearts daily. When we are giving we may not always know where it goes and yes there are times where even those things are missused. If we are aware of such circumstances we are under no obligation to support it. The main thing we need to understand that above all we are giving to God. God will bless you even if no one else will. Plus when it comes to giving it's much more than our finances. It's our time, our talents, our hearts and lives. John 15:13- Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends. Straight out of the mouth of our Lord. That pretty well sums it up. In Him, lionheart |