“The gift of Christ’s body and blood is the gift that keeps on giving: Christians give because of what they have first received. Instructing Corinthian Christians on how to celebrate the Lord’s Supper, the Apostle Paul prefaces his remarks with the paradigm for giving: “For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you… (1 Cor 11:23). The implication was clear: Give what you have so abundantly received…Christ’s gift patterns the giving of every gift.”
Martha Stortz in “Finding the Face of Stewardship” in Rethinking Stewardship: Our Culture, Our Theology, Our Practices (St. Paul, MN: Word & World, 2010) 59.
Today’s the first feast day of Lent. Let us feast on Jesus, the gift that keeps on giving. As we do this, may the Holy Spirit guide each of us as to whom we are to give that which we have so abundantly received, so that our generosity follows Christ’s pattern.