Day Sixteen // March 6 // Giving “Each generation is converted by the saint who contradicts it most.” – G.K. Chesterton –
In a generation obsessed with getting, we are called to be those radical, counter-cultural outliers who give. Following the example of our Lord, we have been posted to our battle stations to fight the good fight of faith. But it’s not a war waged with artillery or missile or tank. It’s a battle for the soul. It’s a battle fought with hands clasped in prayer, not clinched in fists. It’s one fought with open hands and open hearts. And in this conflict, victory’s definition is odd. It’s not the one on top who wins. Neither is it the one who has the most who wins; it’s the one who gives the most. Jesus, Himself, would say it. In talking about success, in talking about winning from a Kingdom perspective, He said, “Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all” (Mark 9:35).
