Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward them for what they have done. Proverbs 19:17
“Give to a hungry man, and what you give becomes yours, and indeed it returns to you with interest. Just as the wheat that falls on the ground falls there to the great profit of the one who sowed it, so the bread given to a hungry man will bring you great profit in the world to come. Let your husbandry be aimed at sowing this heavenly seed.”
Basil of Caesarea (330-379) in Homily De Caritate, 3, 6: PG 31, 266-267, 275.
The economy of God functions the opposite of the economy of this world. The world tells us to hold on to wealth and gain interest here.
Alternatively, Basil echoes Solomon saying that when we give it, we gain a return of interest from the Lord. It brings great profit in the world to come.
As everything we possess, including any measure of wealth, belongs to God, what we do with God’s money determines where we gain interest.
Do you want to gain interest in this life which may last 80 years, in the life to come when 80 million years is only the beginning. Sow what you have. Put it in play.
It will bring you great profit in the world to come. Jenni and I enter Ukraine today with Milan Hluchy. We will sow ourselves in Ukraine through Easter Sunday.