Powerball Generosity

Recently the Powerball lottery shot through the roof and many of my friends rushed to buy a ticket.

Why?  For a chance at winning millions.

Why?  Now that's a good question...  Because of a desire to be rich.  Many will say that if they won the lottery they would give away most of the winnings, but the truth is that few lottery winners are truly generous.  The fact is that most of those who win the lottery handle their money in the same way as they did before they won and thus, many lottery winners squander the money.  Simply Google "lottery winners who went broke" to read about their stories and the research done in this field.

Generosity has no correlation to how much money you have.  Let that sink in.  Being poor or rich has nothing to do with how generous a person is.

That's what Jesus taught in Mark 12:

⁴¹ "Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. ⁴² But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents.
 ⁴³ Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. ⁴⁴ They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on."

She put in more than all the others.  She was all in.  And God noticed.

Am I all in?

Am I the kind of person that the generous God of the universe would entrust with true riches?