How well are you sowing? What are you sowing? Are you sowing at all? Are you sowing the Word of God? Are you sowing the good news of Jesus Christ? Does your sowing include financial support for the church? Are you being a good steward of God’s blessings?
Sowing for God may seem to be confusing or unfruitful. We may be wondering if we should sow the good news about Jesus or give money to the church for evangelism and outreach efforts. The answer is, yes, both. We are to use God’s blessings to work in his mission.
Many people do not like being pressured to give money to the church. They believe the pastor and leaders are only seeking to line their pockets. Though that may happen or be the intent in rare cases, it is not the intent of more than ninety percent of the churches. There are good people who are seeking to do the right thing with the funds contributed to the church. There are checks and balances put in place to alleviate fraud, waste, and abuse.
Jesus talks more about money than any other topic in the four gospels. Why? He knew the potential it had for our downfall. He knew we could decide to worship money rather than God. Unfortunately, the potential Jesus saw has found its way into our mainstream culture and even the church. We place a higher priority on spending our money for more possessions than giving to God’s work. We also notice it is the poor who are more generous than the rich…and our country is the richest on earth.
I pray we all pay close attention to Jesus’s warnings to avoid making money our priority. I pray we choose to give toward God’s work. I pray each one of us will be good stewards of God’s blessings and trust him for our needs. Heed Jesus’s warning. Give to God’s work. Be good stewards of God’s blessings.
2 Corinthians 9:6 The point is this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
