How much of my Money can God have?

I recently read a blog post on “What Can The Lord Get Out Of The One Earthly Life That I Have?” by Zac Poonen of CFC Bangalore, India - in which he reminds us that many think in terms of the minimum necessary to please God resulting mainly in legalism. Where they tithe for example they calculate exactly how much 10% of their income comes to and then offer it reluctantly to God. In the Old Testament, this attitude finally ended up in the Israelites offering blind sheep and sick bulls as sacrifices to the Lord (Mal. 1:8).

“It is possible to have an identical attitude to the New Testament commandments. A sister can think in terms of the minimum necessary in order to keep the letter of the Word that commands her to be subject to her husband; or the minimum necessary covering required for her head in the meetings - without the beauty of her hair being totally hidden! Men and women can think in terms of the minimum necessary in order to be 'spiritual' without altogether giving up everything. "What is the minimum that I have to give up of this world?" is a question that is always in the minds of such people. Such people can never be spiritual. They can only be religious. To read more, click here.