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*The Elephant in the Church! - */Refusing to Ignore the Obvious!
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*When it comes to money obey the commands!*
*Scott & Katie Messer*
I am reading a book on my iPhone called Fast Living by Dr. Scott Todd.
He starts the book by telling an old story called /“The Star Thrower”/ by Loren Eiseley.
I’ve heard this story; I bet you have too!
/ “A man was walking along the beach when he saw a boy picking something up and throwing it into the ocean.
Approaching the boy, he asked, “What are you doing?” “Throwing starfish back into the ocean,” he said.
“The surf is up and the tide is going out.
If I don’t throw them back, they’ll die.”
“Son,” the man said.
“don’t you realize there are miles and miles of beach and hundreds of starfish?
You can’t make a difference!”
After listening politely, the boy bent down, picked up another starfish, and threw it back into the surf.
Then, smiling at the man, he said, “I made a difference for that one.”/
I like that story.
Maybe you do too.
But couldn’t that story be rewritten for a new age?
I think Scott Todd is right here.
That story is strong on individualism – individual action resulting in individual rescue.
But make it 21st century and it might go this way, “/A man was walking along the beach when he saw a girl taking a picture of a starfish with her iPhone.
Approaching the girl he asked, “What are you doing?” “Uploading pictures of these stranded starfish to my Facebook page and asking friends to Tweet the call to action,” she said.
“The surf is up and the tide is going out.
If I can get enough friends out here we can get all these starfish back into the water before sunset.”
“Little girl,” the man asked.
“what does tweet mean?
The girl rolled her eyes.
She bent down, picked up a starfish, and threw it back into the surf.
Then she gave the man a wry, twinkly-eyed smile and said, “If you want to help out, this is how you do it.”
Within hours, thousands of children stormed the beach and every starfish was rescued.”/
Now tell me, what’s the difference between the man and the little girl?
It’s was their expectations.
The man expected the starfish to die.
He thought the problem was too big.
She however was not a hostage to low expectations.
She believed they could be rescued.[i]
*Allow me to ask one question, “Do you want this world to be a better place?”*
I honestly want to see hands on this one!
“Do you want this world to be a better place?”
JESUS did!
And so did Paul & Timothy! *Open up your Bible today to 1st Timothy 6:18!* Paul tells Timothy who in turn tells the church, here’s how the world can be a better place.
*Let’s read verse 18*.
Paul says, /“Command them…” Identify the “them” here!
/*Verse 17 tells us.
“Command those who are rich in this present world…* The Bible defines a rich person as someone who has more than the essentials of food and clothing.
*Drop down to verse 8.* We’re agreeable to that as long as the food is Chipotle and the clothing is Armani or Christian Dior or Levi Strauss! Can you imagine eating rice and beans every day of your life?
It may be bland but it’s filling!
A rich person has food and a job to provide food.
A rich person has clothes and a covering over their head.
*Go back to verse 18.
If you want the world to be a better place than do this.
*Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds… I don’t know if Paul ever snickered when he wrote.
But he’s using a word play here.
*Christmas Presence invite card.*
I love word plays like… /I wear glasses.
Does that mean that everything I see is an optical illusion?
I paid my psychiatrist with a reality check.
Do fishermen live in the reel world?
Earl Baird asked me.
Greg, why is Cleveland Browns Stadium a safe place to go during a tornado?
Because there’s never a touchdown there./
*I don’t think Paul’s word play is as funny as mine, but it’s still a play on words – rich people should be rich in good deeds.*
That’s how we change the world.
One good deed after another.
The Gift Shop was such an astounding good deed!
On behalf of Steve & Leslie Bodkin, Mark & Tracy Rush and Tim & Amy Pressler – WE were hoping for some 400 to 500 gifts.
You people gave over 2000! *Look at these pictures!*
People we’ve never met left this place thinking – maybe God is real!
After all, he certainly has these people’s hearts!
If you gave to this effort – you helped make the world a better place because you did good!
*Paul tells Timothy there’s more*.
*Finish verse 18. Command them to be generous and willing to share.*
I have a question written on the back of your newsletter.
*What are God’s basic commands when it comes to being generous?*
*Well, the most basic command of all is tithe!* “Tithe” means ‘tenth.”
Give God a 10th of what he has given to you.
The math is easy.
Can you imagine the possibilities if we all tithed?
But Greg, the tithe is an Old Testament command and we are a New Testament people.
Jesus referred to OT commands.
Don’t commit adultery.
*But Jesus deepened the command by looking at a person’s heart.
Don’t lust!* Jesus referred to the tithe.
In Luke 18 he told the story about a religious person and a sinner.
The religious person prayed, /“God, I thank you I’m not like this sinner.
I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.” / Jesus brings up the tithe as a negative example.
Tithing isn’t the problem.
Legalism was! *A 2nd basic command of generosity is - be a cheerful giver!* Don’t give because you have to.
Don’t give to God because I twisted your arm or made you feel guilty.
Give because it giving creates great joy!
I am going back to Zimbabwe next May.
May 17-28 to be exact.
Maybe you should come with me?
We will spend that time ministering to people in the Mushayamunda Village.
Dereck Mushayamunda will also go.
Dereck emailed this recently.
/“Some of the urgent needs at the moment are getting one of the water wells powered by solar.
The pump in Zimbabwe would cost $2500.
This pump can push water a distance of more than a mile.
We also need to continue with malaria pills supplies for the kids~/orphans.
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