Proverbs 19:17 Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord,
and will be repaid in full.
We talk a lot about stewardship meaning what we do with the time, treasure, and talents that God has given us. The very word stewardship reminds us that none of these things are ours, things we created or earned by our own merit. All that is good in this world ultimately belongs to God and we are entrusted to be stewards, to take care of it.
The proverb above kind of spins this around directionally. Instead of thinking of our possessions as belonging to the Lord and he just loaned them to us to use for a while, this talks about our giving to the poor as lending to the Lord. When we lend something, we expect to be repaid. When we give to the poor, we are assured, God will repay us. It may not be in money, it may not be today, and it may not be in a form we even recognize. Often we are repaid in joy. Often we are repaid in a relationship with the poor we never would have had otherwise and which enriches us. But we are repaid.
In Christ,
Pastor Seth
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