If I were hungry I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it. Psalm 50:12
“This may hurt some of you but I am obliged to tell you that God does not need anything you have. He does not need a dime of your money. It’s your own spiritual welfare at stake in such matters as these. There is a beautiful and enriching principle involved in our offering to God what we are and what we have, but none of us are giving because there is a depression in heaven. The Bible teaching is plain: you have right to keep what you have all to yourself – but it will rust and decay, and ultimately ruin you.”
A.W. Tozer (1897-1963) in Christ, The Eternal Son (Camp Hill, PA: Wing Spread, 1992) excerpt from chapter 3.
Tozer gets our attention with today’s post. It’s fitting for Giving Tuesday. If people you know at ministries tell you that God needs our money, please graciously set them straight. God does not need our money. We need to give it. Jesus used similarly shocking language in telling the disciples what would happen with treasures stored on earth.
So what will you do today? I pray you give generously to a host of ministries that engage with the work God cares about: such as evangelism, discipleship, and mercy. That’s our plan. And if you’d like a tool I developed a decade ago to help you offer to God all that you are and all that you have, click here to download: Spiritual Formation and Stewardship.