What Did You Do With What I Gave You?

The Good News Today Is....we have much. I read a devotional today that asked the question, "How will you respond to God when He asks you the question, 'what did you do with all that I gave you?'" This particular woman who wrote this devotional talked about going to Africa and seeing true poverty, yet true happiness, and the spirit of helping others. She compared it to the United States where we have so much - most of us have a roof over our heads, plenty of food and plenty of toys. What do we do with what God has given us? We have more wealth than any other nation, yet we struggle just to pay our bills. We don't give freely of what we have because we want more stuff and more toys. Most of us have at least a high school education and many of us have a college education, also. What do we do with what God has given us? Do we use our education to accumulate more wealth and buy more toys? How will we explain that to God when we see him? The Good News is that we have much and that means we have much to give. Give freely of your money and of yourself, doing good wherever you can. We would live in a much happier place if each of us thought about having to explain to God what we did with all that He gave us.