"For we aim at what is honorable not only in the Lord's sight but also in the sight of others."
My cousin Mark, who is among many things an accountant, likes to tell a joke about the personalities within his profession. He says that when talking to you, a truly outgoing and extroverted accountant will stare at your shoes and not just his own.
Ok -- so now I've lost the readership of all the accountants and those who love them. Let me try to win it back.
Thank God for accountants! For accountants are the ones who keep everything on the up and up, and the non-accountant types like me (preachers are rarely accountant types) above reproach.
Paul was serious about the way he accounted for the money in the early church. He brought along accountant types to help him. He did so because he knew his credibility was always on the line -- and with it that of the Gospel's. So he strove to remain absolutely beyond reproach in the administration of money. As he said, "For we aim at what is honorable not only in the Lord's sight but also in the sight of others."
How things are seen in the eyes of others can sometimes make or break us. That's why I give thanks for those who while staring down at their shoes can also take sight of any dropped coins.
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