Scammers

The headline on a Facebook re-post for a ministry said, “If You Don’t Really Need Your Stimulus Check, Would You Prayerfully Consider Giving It to God’s Kingdom?” I’m not surprised when the world tries to scam people in a crisis, but I’m taken back when people of faith do so under the guise of giving to God’s Kingdom. It seems to me that the writer of the post classifies the stimulus as a windfall and because some people may not “need” the money, others can put it to better use than the recipients. I’m reminded of the time Mary took a pint of expensive perfume and poured it on the Lord’s feet and wipe his feet with her hair. “But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him, objected, “Why wasn’t this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year’s wages.” He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag, he used to help himself to what was put into it” (John 12:4-6 NIV).