As Christians, we are asked to serve with humility and give with anonymity. Therefore we see but a fraction of what Christ is doing in this world. In other words, we do not have the full story, and I have a Christ-filled feeling that knowing the full story would stagger our minds.
As a result of Christ's encouragement to serve humbly and give with anonymity, we Christians nor the world can know fully what wonders Christ is working in this world. This thought should lighten our souls with joy that he is actively working and running the show.
As one small example of anonymous giving, I know for certain this is going on all over the world every minute of every day, I give you this story of an anonymous person(s) within my church. In the aftermath of the horrific human and physical destruction caused by the tornado that struck the city of Moore in my state of Oklahoma, May 20, 2013, our pastor put out the request for donations to the Red Cross. The Red Cross was very short of emergency medical supplies. The hospital that served Moore had taken a direct hit and totally destroyed by the tornado packing winds in excess of 210 mph.
Within twenty-four hours of the call going out, thousands of people in the congregation had donated money and thousands of hours of volunteer service making thousands of meals on an assemble line at church for the rescue workers from all over the world sifting through miles of debris piled stories high over the landscape in Moore. They volunteered to go into the stricken area themselves to search for bodies, living and non-living, and to serve in any way needed.
An anonymous person within that twenty-four hours donated one million dollars to buy several semi-truck loads of medical supplies. Nobody, except our pastor, knows who the person was.
This kind of giving, big and small, is going on all over the world constantly. You begin to get a feeling for the remarkable impact Christ is making in this world through his servants in a very quiet and stealthy manner. Just what all is he doing that we cannot see? It must be world shaking. How great is our Lord! Is God dead? I think not. I know not. He is alive and very active. Take courage from these things that he commands us to hide from sight for his glory - and keep serving and giving - for God is winning.
And do it all with love and a smile as he did.
As a result of Christ's encouragement to serve humbly and give with anonymity, we Christians nor the world can know fully what wonders Christ is working in this world. This thought should lighten our souls with joy that he is actively working and running the show.
As one small example of anonymous giving, I know for certain this is going on all over the world every minute of every day, I give you this story of an anonymous person(s) within my church. In the aftermath of the horrific human and physical destruction caused by the tornado that struck the city of Moore in my state of Oklahoma, May 20, 2013, our pastor put out the request for donations to the Red Cross. The Red Cross was very short of emergency medical supplies. The hospital that served Moore had taken a direct hit and totally destroyed by the tornado packing winds in excess of 210 mph.
Within twenty-four hours of the call going out, thousands of people in the congregation had donated money and thousands of hours of volunteer service making thousands of meals on an assemble line at church for the rescue workers from all over the world sifting through miles of debris piled stories high over the landscape in Moore. They volunteered to go into the stricken area themselves to search for bodies, living and non-living, and to serve in any way needed.
An anonymous person within that twenty-four hours donated one million dollars to buy several semi-truck loads of medical supplies. Nobody, except our pastor, knows who the person was.
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