We’re called to be generous with our money. This week we consider the

specific subject of giving money to the church. The New Testament knows

nothing of solitary Christianity: to be a Christian is to be the church. It

is you and you are it. We cannot escape it (as much as we might like!). So

giving to the church is about giving to something we are intrinsically part

of. It is a cognitive dissonance to hold back part of ourselves from who we

are. There’s more: the church is not just us and ours, it’s also Christ’s.

He is the head of the church. When we give to the church we are investing

in Jesus. And we are investing in his eternal, infinite, perfect kingdom.

There is no better use of money. His kingdom is one of beautiful powerful

unified diversity. When we give we are giving to promote and grow the full

representation of the people of God- where everyone matters and all have a

role to play. The more we operate and develop in our God-given gifts, the

more the church looks like and does the things of Jesus.

By Ed Flint