Do not withhold good… when it is in your power to act. Proverbs 3:27 NIV
Have you fallen into the “someday trap?” You know the one where you think, “Someday when I have the money, or someday when I have the time, or someday when the kids are grown.” Listen, … Don’t tell your neighbour, “Maybe some other time,” or “Try me tomorrow,” when the money’s right there in your pocket” (Proverbs 3:27-28 TM). No loopholes or wiggle-room there. Right?
God will only give you more, when you use what He’s already given you. He pours His blessings into pipes, not pots. If you constantly dwell on what you don’t have instead of what you do, you’ll never feel like you have enough to give to others!
Forget the big things! Take a box of groceries to a needy family. Turn the clutter in your closet into the answer to somebody’s prayer. Better yet, give away new stuff – stuff you really want to keep. That’ll develop character, crucify self-centeredness and help you to be more like Jesus. You did say you wanted to be like Him, didn’t you?
If you want to measure your generosity, check out the Macedonian Church – the most impoverished in Europe. Listen, “Though desperately poor… they gave… far more than they could afford! – pleading for the privilege of helping out… this was totally spontaneous… and caught us completely off guard. What explains it was that they had first given themselves unreservedly to God and to us. The other giving simply flowed out of the purposes of God working in their lives” (2 Corinthians 8:3-5 TM). How’s that for giving?
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