The Way of Jesus - wk8

"Generosity"

Dr. Gary Singleton

Suppose you hit the Mega Millions jackpot and suddenly you were a billion dollars richer. You could spend $5,000 a day for more than 500 years before you ran out of money. You could buy your own private island with your own private jet. You could buy a family vacation to space. You could even buy Balmoral Castle – the Queen’s Scottish estate. Money can buy us a lot of really great things.

And yet money can’t buy us any of the things that really count – like love, happiness, time, and health. So why are we so obsessed with it?

This Sunday we are wrapping up our sermon series “The Way of Jesus” with a look at another familiar passage – the story of the Rich Young Ruler in Mark 10. This wealthy young man came to Jesus and asked a great question. “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” (Mark 10:17) The answer Jesus gave was not what he expected. Mark tells us that when he heard Jesus’ answer, “… he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.” (Mark 10:22)

The way of Jesus is the way of generosity … giving your time, your talent, and your treasure to grow the kingdom of God. If you follow the way of Jesus, you will find that generosity changes you and others.

I hope you will join me Sunday as we learn that the way of Jesus is taking a step of faith toward living and giving generously.