For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6:21
“Giving to the mission and ministry of others is established as a biblical indicator of spiritual health…In fact, if we’re not giving to the gospel ministry, we have no part in it. “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Matthew 6:21). What we do with our resources is a window into our souls. The question is, what does God see when He looks in?”
R. Kent Hughes in Philippians: The Fellowship of the Gospel (Wheaton: Crossway, 2007) 190.
After more than a day of travel, John Van Drunen and I are thankful to have arrived safely in Nairobi, Kenya. We are positioned to serve the AfCAA board and committees this week, in part, thanks to God’s enablement, and also because ECFA believes in serving brothers and sisters around the world and backs that belief with financial resources.
Hughes makes a powerful point here: “What we do with our resources is a window into our souls.” How we handle God’s resources tells more about what we believe about God than our lips do. If you think there’s room for growth in your life in giving, ask God what mission or ministry you should add to your budget for regular support.