September 26

"As poor, yet making many rich." - 2 Corinthians 6:10

We may be as frugal as we like where our private affairs are concerned, but we must not try to be sparing in the Lord's service, for that will be to deny him the opportunity of working miracles on behalf of the multitudes. Our attempts at frugality will frustrate his purpose as well as impoverish our own lives.

We come far short as Christian workers if we can only exercise faith for the meeting of our own needs and do not reach out to others in want. We may think as his servants that like the Levites we are entitled to expect God's people to offer us their tenth. What we are prone to forget, however, is that the Levites were in turn under obligation to offer their tenth.

Every Christian, no mater how small his assets, should always be a giver. Only to receive, without giving, is to court the disaster of spiritual stagnation.