Daily Bread Quote:

June 22, 2006

Millions!

LISTEN TO ODB RADIO: Real | MP3 | WMA

READ: Luke 12:13-34

Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. —Luke 12:34

About this cover

The British film Millions tells the engaging story of two brothers who find a bag full of money with no apparent owner. The younger boy wants to use it to help the poor, while the older sibling sees it as his ticket to popularity and the good life. What unfolds is a story that vividly contrasts the freedom of a generous spirit with the frustration of a grasping hand.

In a sermon based on Genesis 3, my pastor said, “Our hands have been clenched from the fall.” Jesus’ teachings about faith and generosity seem deliberately intended to pry them open. He said, “Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Sell what you have and give alms; provide yourselves money bags which do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches nor moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Luke 12:32-34).

The words of our Lord may sound so radical that we find it difficult to figure out how to put them into practice. But if we honestly seek His guidance, He will guide our steps and guard our hearts from worry.

I suspect that the generous boy in that movie had open hands long before millions fell into them. — David C. McCasland

One grace each child of God can show
Is giving from a willing heart;
Yet, if we wait till riches grow,
It may be that we’ll never start. —D. De Haan

There is more power in the open hand than in the clenched fist.

For similar resources, search these topics:

shy vs confident theory

if people think you a shy person, they are much more forgiving to you not taking the first step and more likely to take initiative.
if people think you a confident person, then you are more likely to seem like a prick for the same lack of action and be ignored for not paying attention to others.