Are summer funding and charitable tax receipts in danger of becoming an idol?

As most of you know, the liberal government has outrageously tied summer funding for students to the requirement that you agree with their policy on abortion. It is totally against the charter of rights and freedoms the senior Trudeau introduced way back when. He must be turning in his grave for what his son is doing! From our side, it has grieved me to hear that some local Evangelical Churches have simply ticked the box indicating their agreement. I don’t have a problem with them ticking the box if they really do agree, but it’s not my understanding that they do, and the passage comes to mind that tells of Esau selling his birth right for a mess of pottage (Genesis 25:29ff).

I am guessing that the summer funding goes somewhere, and it is my hope and prayer that faith based students do not suffer. In any case, God is the great provider, and has told us that if we trust Him and do things His way, He will provide all of our needs according to his riches in glory (Philippians 4:19). In another place, after telling us to bring the full tithe into the storehouse He says “Try Me now in this … If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you such blessing That there will not be room enough to receive it (Malachi 3:10). Nobody is saying that this will not stretch us! But all this raises the question as to how far we willing to go before we make a stand and/or start to push back. I think sometimes, that we Christians have confused timidity and humility!

On the other hand it is very clear to me, that if things keep going the way they are, that Bible believing churches are going to lose tax exempt status on our tithes and offerings. But there was no tax relief on the tithes the Bible talks about. So if we loose tax exemption are we going to keep on giving? If not has all this become an idol? I think that we need to start to face such possibilities and questions now.

Father, I remember someone remarking that a man’s faith can be seen in what he does with his pocketbook. It’s easy to get caught up in worry about money, and indeed many other things. Lord you have promised to provide for Your children. And Lord I ask especially for those who will not get summer jobs this year because of the hypocrisy of this edict. Have mercy on them and us Lord in Jesus Name Amen