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Building Project

The Church I go to will soon be going through a rebuilding project. It is exciting times ahead and a season of faith for many of us. Currently there's a fund raising project that plans to raise 1 million within a month. This new initiative is on top of the monthly pledge that we've put in.

Certainly God has been stretching my faith and I see myself responding to him. Not that I have an astronomical figure written on the card but certainly I knew God had stretched me...

The pledge is also called the sacrifiical faith pledge which calls for a change of lifestyle and a call to give even if we do not have the amount yet.

I hesitate about pledging an amount that I do not even have yet in my bank a/c - aka faith pledge... maybe for me, it's more a sacrificial pledge which requires faith and sacrifice at the same time.

My thoughts kept drifting back to the account of Jesus, when he praised the widow who gave her two mites as one who gave her all. Not that I am seeking the praise but rather the attitude behind her giving. To me, she gave all that she had (out of her poverty) and lived by faith, trusting that her daily need will be well provided for by her Saviour.

I will give my best and trust that my daily needs will be taken care of by my Saviour because He is my Everything.

Comments

love Him & His pple said…
It's a million in SIX months... =)

Exciting times!
11:07 PM
r.u.t.h. said…
ooops, didn't realize i made the error!
thanks for pointing it out. i'll keep it there!...

yes a million in six months!
9:28 PM
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