GIVING AND RECIEVING
“While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, and day and night shall not cease.”
Genesis 8:22
Giving and receiving go together. Sowing and reaping go hand
in hand. There is no prosperity without giving and receiving. The truth of the
matter is that many people would love to be givers, but many people wait for
the “right time” to give.
They wait until they have more than enough. They wait for
just the right conditions. To be frank, that day may never come with that kind
of attitude towards giving.
He who observes the wind will not sow, and he who regards
the clouds will not reap.
Ecclesiastes 11:4
In giving, there has to be sacrifice involved. Where you
give not necessarily because you have abundance, but you give because you love
God and people. Giving not necessarily because you have abundance, but giving
even out of need. Giving is sacrificial in nature.
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten
Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
John 3:16
Love is expressed in giving. The first thing that God did as
an indication of His love was to give. When God gave, He gave His very best, it
cost Him everything.
Giving is an act of faith. You give believing that you will
receive. You give believing that God will reward you for your generosity. When
you give, you create a blessing for your future. You have something to give
whether big or small and the more you give the more you will receive.
Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed
down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with
the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.
Luke 6:38
Thought of the day: When I give, I will receive in the
future.
Prayer: Heavenly Father, thank You for teaching me to give.
Thank You for the harvest that comes from my giving, in the name of Jesus.
Amen.
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