Why we Give. Written by D. Jonathan Fourie
2Co 9:8 And God is able to make all grace (every favor and earthly blessing) come to you in abundance, so that you may always and under all circumstances and whatever the need be self-sufficient [possessing enough to require no aid or support and furnished in abundance for every good work and charitable donation].
2Co 9:8 And God is able to make all grace (every favor and earthly blessing) come to you in abundance, so that you may always and under all circumstances and whatever the need be self-sufficient [possessing enough to require no aid or support and furnished in abundance for every good work and charitable donation].
2Co 9:9 As it is written, He [the benevolent person] scatters abroad; He gives to the poor; His deeds of justice and goodness and kindness and benevolence will go on and endure forever! [Ps. 112:9.]
2Co 9:10 And [God] Who provides seed for the sower and bread for eating will also provide and multiply your [resources for] sowing and increase the fruits of your righteousness [which manifests itself in active goodness, kindness, and charity]. [Isa. 55:10; Hos. 10:12.]
2Co 9:11 Thus you will be enriched in all things and in every way, so that you can be generous, and [your generosity as it is] administered by us will bring forth thanksgiving to God.
2Co 9:12 For the service that the ministering of this fund renders does not only fully supply what is lacking to the saints (God's people), but it also overflows in many [cries of] thanksgiving to God.
Create an attitude of gratitude. Go pick up a rock and call it your rock of gratitude, and evrytime you see it, feel it or think of it, be thankful for something and mean it.
We give not purely to receive back. If we give to receive we are giving with an alternative motive. We give in order to become a source to others. We give because we want to give more and more.
From the text above it is clearly that God will provide in all our needs. To the disciples Jesus said that they should not take anything with them, not clothes nor money, and yet they had everything catered for.
There are many benefits that God wants to give to us. It is His pleasure to shower us with His blessings. In living a life style of giving, we create a way to continually connect with God by imitating His nature – to give. And by living a lifestyle of giving we shall lack nothing. We also shall not be in want. For the Lord will provide in all our needs.
We must repent (change our ways of habit) and realize that by having a lifestyle of giving we execute our faith in God by declaring that His ways are working. We demonstrate that by giving, we understand that we are connected with God, not just to receive from Him but to be one with Him in a permanent way. Written by D. Jonathan Fourie
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