God's Combo
Theme of the Week: Downsizing with Class
Quentin Schultze
Friday, December 9, 2005
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Key Bible Verse: You should remember the words of the Lord Jesus: "It is more blessed to give than to receive" (Acts 20:35). Bonus Reading: 2 Corinthians 9:9-13
Recently my adult daughter decided that she was no longer going to play her drum set because she'd acquired other interests. We agreed to get rid of the set since it cluttered our family room.
Initially we talked about selling the set, but we decided that we'd take a few days to think about other options. We prayed for inspiration. Eventually we came up with the idea of giving the drums to a percussion student at an inner-city school. I called the school on Friday and told the secretary that we'd like to donate the instruments to a student. She promised to explore the possibilities.
The following Monday I received a call from the school's music director. "You're not going to believe this," he said. "We were talking last week about starting a band and wondering where we'd get a saxophone and drums. When I came into the office today, I discovered a donated sax and a note from you about drums."
That day my daughter and I delivered the set to the school. Initially we thought we were doing a good deed by giving away the drums. We discovered instead that God had called us to be caretakers of His drums.
—Quentin Schultze in Here I Am
My Response: I sensed I was "caretaker" of what God had entrusted to me when …
Thought to Apply: We have been called to stretch out the hands of God to a lonely, needy world.—SOURCE UNKNOWN
Adapted from Here I Am (Baker, 2005) by permission.
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Lord, help me to hold my belongings loosely so that I'm not diverted from Your Kingdom priorities.
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