I can’t believe it

Unbelief will always see

Extravagant giving -  The woman who poured the perfume on Jesus feet

Extravagant sacrifice - the peasant woman who gave a pittance in the offering

Extravagant serving - The prostitute who came and fell at Jesus feet

as a waste

 

You are in the gym and you see someone spending to much time in the gym, to much money on supplements, to much heavy lifting… to much studying new lifts and recovery methods

You see someone who spends way to much on cooking, to much money on the best ingredients, they serve to many dishes and to big proportions, to many kitchen toys

You see someone who gives their whole life serving a nonprofit overseas. They give up the idea of having a home, a spouse a family, a new car and house a semi comfortable living…they are willing to face disease and poor health and living conditions

You see a doctor who is willing to spend to much time with their patients, study more than their colleagues, give more of their resources to continued education and research, always promoting the ideas behind health and wellness

You see someone who gives way to much to the church in time, money, resources… they seem to only want to talk about Jesus, they read the bible all the time, You see them sacrifice promotions at work due to their religious beliefs, they want everyone to commit to following Jesus as much as they do

WHAT YOU DON’T SEE IS THE BELIEF THEY HAVE BEHIND THEIR COMMITMENT BASED ON A CONVICTION AND A LOVE.

Its not enough to just have a conviction

and its not enough to just have a love

You must have both to set your course on going all in.

 

What does 2 Cor. 7:9-11 say

9And now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any way by us. 10 Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. (worldly sorrow i.e. they are saddened by your giving, serving, loving to an extreme) 11Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what vindication! In every way you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.… 

 

Remember what I just said

Unbelief will always see

Extravagant giving

Extravagant sacrifice 

Extravagant serving

as a waste

and why? Because they have not found the love and conviction behind the call of Christ. As this verse says “they have not proved themselves… they are not innocent, they are guilty by their unbelief in what you are doing.”

If you love him, and have the conviction of that love you will do seemingly crazy things for him… all the while others won’t understand and may even tear into for doing… do it anyway!