Moving Through the Keys
Posted by Guy Adams on May 23, 2008
We are halfway through our 40 days, and have touched on many of the eight keys to discipleship.
What key is speaking to you?
In our Fall 40 days of prayer, when we were all invited to write down the “fruits of our prayers”, there were almost no “fruits” related to keeping the sabbath and to give generously. I’ve been trying to reflect especially on those two. Both of them are hard ones for me. I’ve been way too busy most of my life for Sabbath time to come easy. And as one with a Scottish heritage, its practically genetic for me to be tight fisted (that means, I have this reflex when money hits my hand, to close my fist tightly around it). I’ve learned a lot about giving generously though. Its been a long, long road, but Martha and I are now tithers. And guess what, giving money is just like any other form of Christian giving, the great paradox of Christian life– you always get far more in return than what you give!
Thanks to Don Day for an outstanding prayer today (Friday, May 23).
BCC said
I also struggle with giving generously — for lots of reasons that it would probably take a trained psychologist (or God!) to sort out!! As we’ve focused on that key recently, I have felt God urging me to understand that giving is every bit as much about me as about the other person. It is something God can use to grow me spiritually — whether it actually accomplishes anything for the recipient or not (it really isn’t my job to control that!). This has been a liberating realization for me.
BCC said
ps. — the previous comment was by Resa! I forgot to re-log-in before commenting!