Stop the giving - Exodus 33-36

Can you imagine the following taking place in a church in our country today: The pastor mounts his pulpit at the regularly time of the receiving of the offering. For years he normally tells some joke to ease the pain of reaching for the wallet, or lays some need out to cause the reflex of the elbow to dip into the purse. But, this Sunday, instead he boldly calls out and utters these words, "Please stop giving!! We need no more money. We are good with what you have already given so there will be NO collection today." Imagine the shock on the faces. What would you do if that happened? Well in 36:5 of this passage that is what Moses tells the people. He tells them we have enough and go back to hiding there gold and silver under their tent floors. What a shocking revelation. In our world today, even IF we had already given enough (and, I doubt that has ever happened in a modern church), we would never tell people not to give more. After all, there is a rainy day fund to stock ... isn't there? What would have happened if the people would have disobeyed Moses and stopped giving? They often disobeyed his commands. But, I bet everyone of them stopped giving. I don't know why this passage is not preached more. But, here we have it: A spiritual leader is telling people not to give because we have enough already. May it be so every Sunday in every church in Christendom.