C.S. Lewis on Giving

WARNING: Do not continue reading this post unless you want to be convicted and see another level of Christian giving.

C. S. Lewis in Mere Christianity provides the best way to know if we are giving enough of our money to the work of the Lord and for His kingdom. (P.82)

“I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare. In other words, if our expenditure on comforts, luxuries, amusements, etc., is up to the standard common among those with the same income as our own, we are probably giving away too little. If our charities do not at all pinch or hamper us, I should say they are too small. There ought to be things we should like to do and cannot do because our charitable expenditure excludes them. I am speaking now of “charities” in the common way. Particular cases of distress among your own relatives, friends, neighbours, or employees, which God, as it were, forces upon your notice, may demand much more: even to the crippling and endangering of your own position.”

Wow, we would have to call on our faith in Him to provide. Amen.