For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:10
“True freedom does not mean winning the lottery or hoarding material wealth. True freedom means that we have unburdened ourselves from distracting yokes and have positioned ourselves to do the good works God has called us to share. In the end, our money should represent the best of our lives: an extension of the bountiful blessings provided to us by God, blessings that we share to build lives and strengthen the community.”
Glen Guyton in “Break the Yoke” in Giving: Growing Joyful Stewardship in Your Congregation, volume 20 (Richmond: EMS, 2018) 29.
As I speak at the CMA conference in Brisbane, Australia, may God help me inspire the 300+ attendees to live unburdened from distracting yokes that hinder abundant living and fruitful service, and may He help you use the money He has supplied to you to do the good works He has prepared for you to do. That’s the way of Jesus, and life in His economy is all about enjoying His blessings and putting them to work to accomplish His purposes for His glory.