Three-legged Stool Part One of Six

 

We offer with joy and thanksgiving what you have first given us - our selves, our time, and our possessions - signs of your gracious love. Receive them for the sake of him who offered himself for us, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

We say this prayer together every week at worship. What does it mean? What does it mean to you? What does it mean for you?

Several years ago someone brought a small stool to a meeting of Bethlehem leaders. We were talking about stewardship. It sat on the table while we discussed the needs of the Bethlehem community and our challenges and responsibilities in this place. What could a three-legged stool possibly mean to you in your tithing to Bethlehem?

You may say to yourself, "My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me." But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth...

Deuteronomy 8:17 & 18. 

I pray that I will never lose sight of this truth, Lord. All I have comes from You. Help me to hold all I have very lightly and may I always be ready to pass it along at Your request. Amen.