"He who gives to the poor will lack nothing, but he who closes his eyes to them receives many curses." Prov. 28:27
I love God's Word because it is often completely contradictory to the way "we" think or to what our culture would say to do. Our society would say, "to get rich, seek to accumulate more...hold on to what you have...if you give it away to others you'll have nothing left for yourself." But God clearly says that we become "richer" by being generous. He blesses those who give freely of their resources, time, & energy.
Giving also helps us to keep the right perspective on what God has given to us, we remember it's not really "ours" to begin with, it all belongs to Him! The Message Bible sums it up so well in this verse,"The world of the generous gets larger and larger, the world of the stingy gets smaller and smaller" Prov. 11:24. Now that's what "living large" is all about! When we give, we gain SO much - freedom from our "stuff", from the love of money, from our own selfishness, and joy in knowing we could be a small part of helping someone else - who may at some point be a huge help to us if we find our own lives in a place of need. And most of all, I can't help but think that God is SMILING over us when our lives are reflecting a picture of who HE really is, the Best & Greatest Giver of all!
"For God so loved the world that He gave His One and Only Son..." John 3:16
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