Matthew 25:31-46

Matthew 25:31-46 English Standard Version (ESV)

  The question is, what kind of people do we want to be, and what kind of people does God want us to be?  Will we hoard our resources for ourselves, always making sure our every need is met?  Will we participate in the common view of scarcity, always afraid that we have enough, refusing to trust God, our great provider?
  Or will we participate in a theology of abundance, trusting that God will provide and believing that we have been blessed to be a blessing to others.  It's easy to believe that we'll be generous once we have enough.  What we are called to do is be generous now, with whatever we have.  Maybe we will have more later, or maybe not, but when we allow the Holy Spirit to shape our hearts to be generous with the amount we have now, we become a generous people, and then if we have more later, we'll be generous with that.  More money will simply amplify the kind of people we are now. 
  So pray for Holy Spirit vision to see the people around you that need to be served now, and for a heart to be generous to them, recognizing the image of God in each and every person and serving them, motivated by the gratitude for how selflessly God served us, giving us everything so that we might have life.