"You do so well in so many things - you trust God, you're articulate, you're insightful, you're passionate, you love us - now, do your best in this too."
-2 Corinthians 8:7 Message Bible
Paul wrote these words to the Corinthian church to serve as an acknowledgment of their good deeds and also to challenge their lack in something else. What was the "something else"?
Earlier in the chapter Paul described the churches in Macedonia who were facing "fierce troubles" that were "pushing them to the very limit." This was a trial that Paul said "exposed their true colors". But it was their response under pressure that caused Paul to write the Corinthians.
Paul states that the trial the Macedonians faced triggered them to "an outpouring of pure and generous gifts" and that they "gave offerings of whatever they could - far more than they could afford!" In 2 Corinthians 8:4 Paul says that they "pleaded for the privilege of helping out in the relief of poor Christians."
My heart is heavy for our Haitian brothers and sisters whose nations is in ruins after the recent earthquake, but I am proud of the Christian community's immediate response of grace, mercy, and aid as we, "plead for the privilege of helping out."
Want to give? Here is an organization that has already mobilized teams and is currently sending aid: Global Missions
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