I don’t watch TV often, but the other night, I caught an interesting show called The Secret Millionaire. Over the course of an hour (with too many commercials for it to feel like a worthwhile use of my time), the show followed a wealthy businessman and his son as they left their cushy lives and lived on a welfare allowance among the poor for a week. Their goal was to find out who needed it the most and give away at least $100,000 of their own money.
After it was over, it occurred to me that I had just watched a short term mission trip of sorts. And then I realized, that’s a scaled down version of what Jesus did. He left His life of security and glory in order to know what it was like to live among the poor. But He gave away much more than money. He gave us His life.