What happens to the spirit of generosity of the average person when
the economies of the world melt down around them? How are
charitable individuals committed to obedient giving going to
navigate through budget breakers like runaway gas prices, high food
costs, unemployment, and tax increases, to pay for a government
spending frenzy? Robbing God is simply a book about personal
freedom-a freedom that is experienced when individuals discover the
kind of giving first demonstrated by a loving God. A God that has
not withheld anything from those he loves. Somehow, as with many of
the bible's teachings and principles, some have managed to turn the
act of giving into little more than a self-serving personal agenda,
complete with greed and corruption. While some may teach that
giving produces personal gain and wealth, many give for the sheer
joy and privilege of giving. God was the ultimate giver and created
us in his image. We are certainly at our best when we learn to give
cheerfully, just as he gave. Is it really possible to rob God? If
so, who is capable of robbing God? For many years I have watched
money collected in many places and in many ways. I've heard and
witnessed the simple, the sublime, and the ridiculous. It is not
difficult for us to understand giving. There is something within
all of us, a part of our nature that wants to give. Our hearts
respond to the needs of others. We see ordinary hero's jump into
action everyday when people are in trouble. Giving is as natural
for us as receiving. If we made a list of all the ways we give on a
daily basis, we would truly be amazed. Opening a door, helping a
child, picking up the tab for lunch, sharing a cookie, saying a
prayer, offering an encouraging word, there is really no end to the
list. We do it willingly and without coercion or manipulation the
majority of the time. All of us are givers. Giving is not just a
rich man's game. Jesus called attention to a poor elderly widow
woman that with two pennies, gave more than all those he witnessed
giving at a temple. He also informed us that by giving to the least
we were also giving to him. How is it that we have managed to take
the joy out of so much of our giving? I can't accept that God's
love for a cheerful giver is limited to cash on hand. God gave his
son. Jesus gave his life. What little we give should at the very
least be given cheerfully. So here it is, our "aha " moment, a
moment to let our guard down in order to experience the joy of
giving, a moment to learn how to recognize and resist the guilt
driven, coerced, and manipulated giving that robs us of the ability
to give cheerfully. It is scripturally and contextually inaccurate
to emotionally manipulate an offering out of the faithful by
suggesting they are robbing God if they don't give. If we trust God
and trust one another, we need not out of fear, rely on
manipulative practices to fund God's work or provide for our own
needs. A cheerful God provides for his children, and he loves it
when we cheerfully give.
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