Pulpit Today

How do you think God feels about sacrificial living? Do you think the sacrifices you make for Him touch His heart? Do you think He is really 'moved' or affected by them?  The story is told of a dying girl whose only hope was to receive blood from someone that had recovered from a disease like hers. When the physician found the family he explained the situation and knelt by the girl’s little brother. He said, “Son, you recovered from this disease several years ago and now your sister needs your kind of blood to make her well. Would you be willing to give your blood so she can live”? The family stood quietly around the boy waiting for his answer. After a few moments, he swallowed past the lump in his throat and said he would give his blood for his sister's life. The nurses placed the boy on a bed and began taking blood from his arm. Minutes passed without the boy saying a word.  He lay quietly letting the blood flow from his body. Finally, he looked up at his parents and asked, “Well, when do I die?” That’s when the family realized the extent of the boy’s sacrifice. The young brother thought he was going to surrender his life so his sister could live!

Do you think this boy's parents were 'moved' by his willingness to die for his sister? Of course!  And certainly God is touched when you make sacrifices for the cause of Christ. The sacrificial giving of your resources, time, and talents touch God! He is moved when He knows your finances are tight and you have bills to pay, yet you take your paycheck and honor His request to tithe into your local church. God is moved when He sees you have readjusted your busy schedule to help your neighbor pull his “ox out of the ditch.” You can be assured that God has never ignored one sacrificial act of obedience you have made for His cause—not one!