Faith to Commit

When the 19th century pastor Charlie McCabe set out to raise $1M for global missions, he came across a letter that infused him with resolve to achieve his goal. It was from a young boy and as he opened it, a badly battered nickel fell out. The letter, in boyish scrawl, and liberally punctuated with ink blots, read: Dear Chaplain McCabe: I’m sure you’re going to get a million dollars for missions. And I’m going to help you get it too. So, here’s a nickel toward it. It’s all I’ve got right now, but if you need any more, you just call on me. That boy committed all he had to the Lord. 2 Corinthians 8:1-9 has four descriptions of excellent givers like him to strengthen our faith to commit ourselves to the Lord with similar excellence.