GIVING,
METHOD OF

A STORY is told of a circus strong man who had particularly powerful hands. One of the things he would do is take an orange before the crowd and squeeze it with his bare hand until every drop of juice came out. Then he would dare the audience to find another drop because of how strong he was. He’d have other big strong men come up and try to squeeze more out, but to no avail. No one could get more juice.

On one occasion, a skinny man came up and said he’d like to try. They laughed, but gave him the orange. He took one hand, and with all the strength he could muster up, he squeezed it. To the shock of the strong man and the crowd, there was a drop of orange juice that dripped out. They couldn’t believe it. When asked how in the world he was able to squeeze out another drop of orange juice and where his power came from, the man replied, “Oh, it’s easy. I’m the treasurer for the church down the street. I know how to squeeze stuff out of folks.”352

[Giving]

2 Cor. 9:7