“Our sense of entitlement steals away any chance for us to be generous. We are entitled to the money we earn. So only those who are entitled to our help receive it. How soon we forget that most jobs require able-bodied persons, that there are no guarantees to good health, and that no one owns their daily bread–all are gifts from a very generous God–something we call “grace.” Indeed, if the power to work is a gift from God, how much more the fruit of our labor.”
Rodney Reeves in Spirituality According to Paul: Imitating the Apostle of Christ (Downers Grove: IVP, 2011) 155.