Local Church Budget
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AUTHOR: NAD Stewardship
Our Local Church Budget
A blind Indian beggar wearing only a loin cloth sat beside a road, eating the rice in his little bowl. A few travelers occasionally gave him a little rice. One day he heard the thunder of a chariot in the distance. It was the grand entourage of the great king. Surely he would stop to give him baskets of rice.
Indeed, the golden chariot stopped before the beggar. The great one stepped down, and the beggar fell before him. “Give me your rice,” said the great king.
A fearful, hateful, scowl masked the face of the beggar. He reached into his bowl and thrust one grain of rice toward the king. “Is that all?” said the great one. The beggar spat on the ground, cursed, and threw him one more grain of rice. Then the great one turned, entered his chariot, and left.
The beggar—angry, empty, and crushed—grabbed for the remaining rice he had hoarded in his bowl. Yet he felt something different. He pulled it out. It was one grain of gold. Pouring out his rice, he found another grain of gold. Had he trusted the great one, he could have received a grain of gold for every grain of rice he had.
Galatians 6:7 says, “For whatever a man sows, that he will also reap” (NKJV). When we give our offerings today, let’s remember to treat God as we would like Him to treat us