You,
“It is all about giving.”
There is a wrong tale told frequently about giving. We are told that we give to receive but that is not completely true. It is one of those things that get you in the door but once you are in the house you will certainly not need anymore. I think it is called a ‘key’.
After a while, it all becomes a bit of divine gambling. I know people who give and give until something breaks through to them in blessed returns. I know people whose whole act of giving is a catalyst for them to do more, in ‘faith’, and believe that their Ponzi schemes and mark up prices will guide them safely home. Giving has become an investment in something else. It is not laying up treasure in heaven but padding up the nest at home on earth.
There is nothing wrong with giving, to be sure. Giving material wealth is just the bottom of the scale. When we are told giving to the poor is lending to God it is to set up the idea that we are all really giving up to God our whole selves. This is a small shadow for a massive truth. We do not put money in envelopes to any avail if our lives are not on the metaphorical altar of being in God.
There is no need to give money to God without your life being offered up too. This is not a business transaction but a way of life. It is all about giving up who you are so you might finally lay hold of the person you will forever be in God.