Real Needs, or Mooching? (TMF:1428)

Wednesday, August 05, 2020
Peace to Live By: Real Needs, or Mooching? (TMF:1428) - Daniel Litton
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       Finally, Jesus says, “Give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.” I think this saying from Jesus is pretty self-explanatory. I would say, however, that I think our Lord here is talking about people with real needs, and not a person who just wants to mooch off of us or take what we have. We should use wisdom and common sense here. We shouldn’t be unwise in our lending to others. I think most of us, because of the way American society is, will be pretty responsive at this one. Even unbelievers here in America may be good at this. We as Americans generally like to help people, especially if the need is real and the person or people are begging us for it. And the same then would be true for a person who wants to borrow from us. If we see the person really has a need, and they want to borrow from us, we should let them borrow. And I think a lot of us will let people borrow from us even when they just want to, and there really isn’t a demanding need.