A story about gifts: While attending services with us, our young grandson became agitated when we reached the time when the collection plate began to be passed. In some distress the young man tugged on his grandfather’s sleeve. “I don’t have any money for the collection.” Granddad reached in his pocket and quickly produced a dollar just in time for the collection plate’s arrival.
What about this gift? The child had come empty-handed to the service. This gift represented no toil or sacrifice; it barely passed through his hands. What kind of offering was this? He only asked, received, and passed on.
Is this so different from any of us? Isn’t that what we do? We receive gifts from God for the purpose of offering them back, using them to benefit others along the way. When we make the mistake of taking credit for the gifts, we become stingy selfish, closed in. When we view all that we have as a gift for giving away, we become generous, thankful, and joyful.
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