(from "The Hole in Our Gospel" by Richard Sterns)
...it is not our fault that people are poor, but it IS our responsibility to do something about it. God says that we are guilty if we allow people to remain deprived when we have the means to help them. It is our moral duty to help our neighbors in need. We cannot look at their situation and simply say, "Not my problem." Neither can we sit smugly in our comfortable bubbles and claim no responsibility for the disadvantaged in our world. God did not leave us that option.
The American dream often promotes this view of money: "I worked for it, I earned it, and it's mine to do with as I please." This suggests that we are "entitled" to any income that comes to us because we worked for it. But that's not what the Bible tells us about our money or possessions. In fact, the biblical view of our resources is just the opposite. It teaches that all we have or receive comes from God; He has simply entrusted it to us. There's a big difference between ENTITLED and ENTRUSTED.
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