1 Chronicles 29:6-16
"The earth is the Lord's , and everything in it." Psalm 24-1
When King David received offering from the people of Israel for building the temple in Jerusalem, he prayed, "But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? Everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your hand. " "...all of it belongs to you ".
In Deuteronomy 8:18 - even "the ability to produce wealth " and earn a living come from Him. Understanding that all we have is borrowed, encourages us to loosen our grip on the stuff of this world and live with open hands and hearts - sharing freely because we are thankful for the kindness we receive daily.
Our God is a generous giver, so loving that He even gave up His Son "for us all " . Because, we have been given so much, may we give Him our heartfelt thanks for blessings small and large.
Globalization and the attendant concerns about poverty and inequality have become a focus of discussion in a way that few other topics, except for international terrorism or global warming, have. Most people have a strong opinion on globalization, and all of them express an interest in the well-being of the world's poor. The financial press and influential international officials confidently assert that global free markets expand the horizons for the poor, whereas activist-protesters hold the opposite belief with equal intensity. Yet the strength of people's conviction is often in inverse proportion to the amount of robust factual evidence they have.As is common in contentious public debates, different people mean different things by the same word. Some interpret "globalization" to mean the global reach of communications technology and capital movements, some think of the outsourcing by domestic companies in rich countries, and others see globalization as a byword for
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