(2 Corinthians 9:6-7 MKJV) “But I say this, He who sows sparingly shall also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully shall also reap bountifully. Each one, as he purposes in his heart, let him give; not of grief, or of necessity, for God loves a cheerful giver.”
I like the example of the mother bird teaching it’s young to fly and how flying, like giving, is what we were created to do. Giving of one’s self is unnatural until you start to do it. God reveals Himself as our great provider and no matter how much we give we cannot out give God. Something happened yesterday that made me realize just how much grace He gives to me. My first reaction was to be critical of myself for allowing the situation to happen but I heard God’s small quiet voice say, “No, Carl it is by my grace that you suffered no loss.” Because of this amazing grace and God’s Holy Spirit allowing me to accept it God was able to speak to my heart of an area where I did not give much grace to someone else the day before. God knows just what we need to motivate us, sometimes like the mother bird it’s a small push off the branch and sometimes He goes before us. I am confident in this God is for us and He loves us too much to let us stay the way we are. He is gentle and kind yet holy and righteous and if we will listen to Him He will teach us to be more like His Son Jesus. Giving is God’s way of making us grow. We grow so that we may please Him and tell others of the way to salvation. On my own I get things turned around calculating how to control situations when all along God wants my eyes to be upon Him and my heart to trust Him. I am to be busy about the business of the Father and trust that He will take care of all my needs.
