Give It All!
January 18th, 2009There is a story of a poor beggar in India. He lived in the poorest province where the people had no money. He begged by a busy road and the people would give him grains of rice. Some days his bowl was full, some days it was empty.
One day he had received eight grains for the whole day. As he was counting his rice, he heard the sound of a great procession coming down the road. It was a rich prince riding under a canopy on an elephant.
The man cried out to the prince. The prince stopped the procession. The elephant knelt down and the prince climbed down and went to the man. “Prince, give me some rice,” he said.
The prince looked into the man’s bowl and asked how many grains the man had. “Eight,” replied the man. To which the prince said, “Give ME some of your rice.” The man thought for a moment and gave the prince half of his rice.
As the prince got back on to the elephant, the beggar noticed a small pouch that the prince had left. In it were four gold nuggets, one for each grain of rice he had given the prince. “If only I had given everything,” thought the man.
We are beggars before God, asking for rice. He is the Generous One, wanting to give to us. We need to give our all to him. The way we do that is to walk as Jesus walked.
Keep The Light Burning!
Perry Greene
