More than one person has commented upon hearing about this week's sermon title (When Tithing Is Not Important) something along the lines of the following, "Oh, this is the once-a-year money sermon."
As the old tag line goes, "Not exactly."
Whether we want to admit it or not, tithing is like EVERYTHING (and I mean EVERYTHING) else that makes up our lives. It is at the end of the day a spiritual matter.
And this is what I have been thinking about a lot over the past few days - how many times do we put things in the wrong categories in our lives? Or, to put it another way, how many times have we said about something in particular, "We need to pray about that?"
Let me submit to you a little exercise to try at least for the next 24 hours (heck, 24 minutes if need be) - whatever is next on your agenda, or whatever is next on your mind, pray about it. Pray for the wisdom to know what to do to fulfill God's will in that particular situation and pray for God's will to be done in that particular situation. Doesn't matter what it is - try this.
Then let's talk about whether or not anything in your life is NOT a spiritual matter.
See you Sunday!
Lamar
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