PERSON:

(Smugly) I'm a committed Christian.

GOD:

(Voice only, person jumps) Do you realise that I made you? I've given you everything you have? What are you going to commit to me?

PERSON:

(Pulls out wallet) Let me see... (Looking in wallet) I've got five, ten,        twenty... twenty dollars. Now, ten per cent of that is two dollars. (Showing God two dollar coin) I can give you two dollars. I'll need the rest to buy some milk and bread.

GOD:

Two dollars? I require more than that. I want the whole twenty dollars.

PERSON:

(Gulps) OK... I guess it's all yours anyway.

GOD:

Now, how much money have you got in the bank?

PERSON:

(Proudly) I have ten thousand dollars in the bank.

GOD:

Good, ten thousand dollars. What else?

PERSON:

(Shocked) What else? You want the whole ten thousand dollars? That's all the money I've got!

GOD:

Yes, I'm quite sure you wouldn't have it if it wasn't for me. What else do        you have?

PERSON:

(Throwing up hands) That's it, ten thousand and twenty dollars!

GOD:

Where do you live?

PERSON:

I live in my house.

GOD:

Ah, then I'll take the house too.

PERSON:

Oh, (Trying to make the best of it) then I'll have to live in the garage.

GOD:

You've got a garage! I'll have that too. What else?

PERSON:

(Can't believe this) Do you mean I have to live in my car?

GOD:

You've got a car?

PERSON:

(Cautiously) I've got two.

GOD:

Both are mine, both cars. What else?

PERSON:

(Crossly) You've got the house, the garage, the cars, the money,        everything!

GOD:

What else?

PERSON:

I've got nothing else!

GOD:

Are you alone in the world?

PERSON:

(Wondering where this is leading) No, I have a wife and two children...

GOD:

Your wife and your children too.

PERSON:

(Worried) Them too?

GOD:

Yes, everything you have. What else?

PERSON:

(Feeling sorry for him/herself) I have nothing else, I'm all alone now...

GOD:

Oh, you too. Everything. Everything is mine: wife, children, house, garage, cars, money,  clothing, everything... and you too.

PERSON:

(Really worried) You're taking everything? It's all yours?

GOD:

(Pleased) Good, you've finally got the message.

PERSON:

(Panicking) But what can I do? I've got nothing left!

GOD:

Wrong, you've got me. I'm your creator, I'm your owner, I'm your God. My Son gave everything to save you.

PERSON:

But how can I live? You've got everything!

GOD:

Everything belongs to me, but you can use them.

PERSON:

(Surprised) I can?

GOD:

Yes! Just use them wisely, as I intend, to serve others.

PERSON:

Right! (Exits)