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The Unknown Giver
I don't know about you, but I tend to think that most of us enjoy getting credit when we do stuff for others. And I don't think that we are alone in appreciating Thank You cards and words of gratitude. We are to encourage one another after all.
I also know, however, that's there's something to be said for anonymity. This must be a good way to give, because Jesus endorsed it.
That's why I was impressed one day with a gift that arrived anonymously to me. I had been out of the country on a missons trip and when I returned, there, in front of my door, were flowers. There was a note saying simply: "You are never forgotten".
You don't know what that did for my heart! I was feeling so exhausted, spiritually and physcally by the demands of travel and ministry and when I saw those flowers, they really brightened up my day! By giving anonymously, they focused completely on giving, blessing another on the Mission Field, in the name of Jesus, rather than on themselves.
Imagine a world in which we all gave generously and selflessly. Jesus mentioned secret giving in Matthew 6. He said: "When you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, that your charitable deed may be in secret."
(verses: 3-4).
Realistically, we can't always give anonymously,. But our giving should always be marked with the same spirit of selfless humility and God-directed charity.
Self-sacrifice is the true measure of our giving.
Christian-Charles de Plicque for: Angel House International Missions Ministries Association August 2010
