Where Camels and Needles Meet

WOW so these last few weeks I've been on fire haha. For no particular reason too, although Ignite helped keep it going strong, which I think is a good sign because it shows I'm trusting Him and having faith during regular times instead of needing "a revival" so to say. Honestly even though there could be things that would probably make me happier if it were happening right now, I'm very happy with the way things are going
So that part was just a random beginning to something that has come up a lot and been on my mind for the last year, year and a half. I like to talk about how I sponsor a compassion child, his name is Abenezer and lives in Ethiopia. I started sponsoring him last August and this month will be my one year anniversary sponsoring a child. There were many reasons why I did this, as a poor college student who pays for school and bills out of my own pocket.
You can imagine my excitement to hear at least 4 or 5 bands that brought up Compassion and seeing them reach out to several people who decided they wanted to take a chance and sponsor a child over the weekend.
I spent a lot of my college career saying "I can't sponsor a child, I'm too poor" and going on with excuses like that. Then I read Crazy Love by Francis Chan, and he talked a lot about going outside of the box, and reminded me of a tale I've known for years and years but felt it didn't apply to me, or at least not yet. "a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents...'Truly I tell you, this widow has put in more in the treasury than all the others". He was right, he got me, I felt you know what, I trust that God will take care of me one way or another, so I sponsored a child.
Now you don't have to, and I'm not telling you to though it'd be awesome, sponsor a child. But I'm trying instead to get people to think about what we do with our fiances. I've heard it before that just about all of us living in America, and I will assume YOU are part of this statistic, are in the top 10% of the world financially. Know what else I've learned lately? Anyone who owns a portable computer...is in the top 5%...that means more than likely YOU are one of them along with me.
Scary, know why? Jesus once said "It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the Kingdom of Heaven". Now, you and I? We're in the top FIVE % of the world, at minimum top 10. Maybe we aren't the typical definition of "rich" but you gotta admit...things could be worse! I hope this doesn't discourage anyone...if anything it made me want to work harder, and most of all it made me realize how blessed I am.
I believe God put us where we are now to take advantage of it, and give back. Does it mean I should go ahead give it all away and just live on the streets? Nah, that's not taking advantage of what God has blessed me with. I've read before that it'd be a slap in the face to God if we just wasted what we could, if we just threw away everything He blessed us with. Why throw away the food God set before us to eat?
Now I don't want to come off as righteous, I'm not halfway close to perfect, but I hope you to think about what you and I are blessed with, and what we will do with what we have. This is a topic that I am super passionate about and I really truly believe you and I can make a difference with what we do with what we have. NO ONE has too little or not enough of anything to do good things with, no one.