Taxes or Charity, your choice August 19, 2009
Posted by BDO in Descriptions, Spiritual.Tags: blessing, charity, christian, Debt, economy, generous, God, government, tax, taxes
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To understand this blog, we must agree on 4 concepts.
- God owns everything.
- We are merely managers of His resources.
- God desires to aid the hungry, sick, and hurting.
- God will always get His mission accomplished.
poor man in guadalajara - Arturo Avila
With these concepts in mind, we must ask ourselves this: What happens when people are stingy with God’s resources?
God grants us resources in abundance, so we may
- use what we NEED, and then
- use the rest to accomplish His mission, which should include aiding the hungry, sick, and hurting.
Providing aid to the needy usually requires money. When we are confronted by the hungry, sick, and hurting, we have two choices. Either we can give to charity to help in God’s mission, or God can use the government to tax money of our pockets.
Remember, God will accomplish His mission because He owns everything. Even if we are stingy, God has the last say in the matter. If you refuse to give, He can use worldly forces to legally take the money away from you to help others.
The next time you are blessed with resources and have already taken what you need, determine how you want the rest to be distributed. Do you want to give to charities that you know you can trust, or do you want the government to tax it out of you? Either way, what is left is not yours. God has already determined it to be used as blessing to others.
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How does blessing others bless God?
Have you experienced God using your “extra” resources to bless others?
Which method do you prefer to distribute God’s resource to those in need?
How does personal debt show God our lack of generosity?
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These are awesome concepts. I think we should definitely make more effort to give of our own money instead of spending it on ourselves. It would be great if the government could stop taxing us to provide for the poor or needy and instead make a law that would require us to support non-profits that do the same thing more efficiently and with more enthusiasm. We need to bless others so we can prove to God we are capable of managing some. Then He can give us more to manage for Him!