It’s All Greek to Me

Ever make your tithe look bigger using monopoly money?

Jesus says in Matthew 6 to be careful not to do good things just so people notice. Which implies He has watched us do exactly that.

Jesus wasn’t warning against generosity. He was warning against spiritual theater. The kind of giving that comes with fog machines, testimonial pyrotechnics, and a stage manager named Chad whispering, “We’re live in 3, 2, 1.”

Enter Winston, God bless him, dropping Greek drachma into the offering plate like it’s spiritual Bitcoin. It clinks. It stacks. It looks impressive. It is also worth absolutely nothing. Winston has a system. It is not a good system. But it is a system. And to him, it feels holy.

Jesus does not need us to look generous. He wants us changed. Even if that means giving quietly, privately, and without applause, recognition, or imaginary net worth tied up in obsolete coins.

Questions for the Week and Strong:

1. What’s an offering that is technically legal but spiritually questionable?

2. What are you tithing that you already mentally depreciated?

3. What are you calling an investment that God would call a write-off?

This Week in Prayer and Due Diligence

God, I keep offering You things I already mentally liquidated. Help me stop confusing optics with obedience and faith with branding. And if You are running an audit, please be gentle. Amen.