Second Mile Living
Abundance thinking could be called second mile thinking or going the extra mile. That kind of thinking causes you to be worth more than you’re getting paid for. You want to do more than is required. Back in ancient times it was said if someone asks you to walk a mile, walk two. Go the extra mile, think big, be bigger than your mistakes and go after your golden goose that will lay a bunch of golden eggs! It was written if they want your coat give it to them and your scarf. If they slap your cheek turn the other. I want to use these passages because I think they have been misrepresented. I don’t think the author of these sayings was implying that if you are robbed give the thief more. I don’t think he meant if you are in danger of violence roll over.
At the time of the writing the Romans had defeated and conquered countries and were in control. The Roman’s had a law that allowed a Roman soldier to ask you to carry his belongings a mile. The law would not allow him to make you carry it further. People of that day set mile markers out so they would know how far to walk. In that day the law said a Roman soldier could slap your cheek as a sign of respect. Also the law allowed him to take your coat if he was cold.