A local charity had never received a donation from the town's banker, so the director made a phone call. "Our records show you make $500,000 a year, yet you haven't given a penny to charity," the director began. "Wouldn't you like to help the community?" The banker replied, "Did your research show that my mother is ill, with extremely expensive medical bills?" "Um, no," mumbled the director. "Or that my brother is blind and unemployed? Or that my sister's husband died, leaving her broke with four kids?" "I ... I ... I had no idea." "So," said the banker, "if I don't give them any money, why would I give any to you?"
Job 1:21 And he said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord." When we start to think that we have accomplished great things, we need to remember that everything we own really belongs to God. If we place one thing between us and God, it becomes a god. Yes, it can be a house, car, boat, time, money, person, place or thing. Exodus 20:3 "Thou shalt have no other gods before me." Our duty is to live a life that glorifies God daily with all that we are and all that we have.
Steve Bradford
First Baptist Church
608 DeLisle
Portageville, MO 63873
573-379-5340 - voice
fbcportageville.org