Always Beware!

Although it doesn’t air any longer, several years ago my wife and I enjoyed a show called “Secret Millionaire”. The premise was pretty simple…a successful millionaire visits a down-trodden area of the country and assimilates their self into the community as a person looking to volunteer his or her services for a needy cause. As would be expected the organizations were always grateful to have a volunteer and gladly put them to work. At the end of the show the millionaire decides to honor these people by donating large sums of money to their cause. Although initially deceived…I have yet to see anyone put off since the reward certainly outweighed the deception.

It brings to mind a scripture found in Hebrews 13:2 “Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.” Most likely Paul was making a reference to Abraham, found in Genesis 18, where he was approached by three visitors…who turned out to be the Lord himself along with two of His angels.

We may not have the incarnate Christ visiting at our doorstep but, truly, He is standing where you are standing right now. Our actions should always reflect the proverbial “what would Jesus do” mindset and give of ourselves selflessly...daily...without thought or deviation. Like many of those millionaires on the show, we should remember the scriptures wise counsel: Psalm 62:10 “...though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them.”

Just as in the show, we can have help in our daily lives and not even realize where exactly that help is coming from or from whom. We’re all so accustomed to bringing our troubles to the Lord that it’s pretty easy to see God’s grace when things turn out better. What we all tend to forget, however, is to bring all our blessings daily to the Lord as well and thank Him for His intervention and provision.

Although God may be the ultimate Secret Millionaire in our lives, He is anything but secret. He has boldly given us the tools we need to affect change in the world around us and we are all called to give Him the praise and glory in all we do. Once this happens...we begin to know the true meaning of our gift of Christianity.

Greg Morton
Copyright © July, 2015

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