“Abundant Generosity”
Welcome to the daily devotion “Word of God Speaks”, I hope and pray you have been encouraged, challenged and blessed. God’s Word is active and alive, He wants to speak to His children. God invites us into His presence so that we can experience His love, power and generosity. The scriptures make it very clear, God is a generous and giving Father. Jesus spoke these words, it is better to give than receive. He then displayed the greatest example of this by giving His life so that we could be saved.
My friends, God wants to bless you not only spiritually but physically. God’s blessings will certainly look different in all of our lives but one thing is for sure. God blesses His children so that they will be a blessing for others. Today we look at a few verses written to the believers living in Corinth confirming this truth.
2 Corinthians 9:10-12
For God is the one who provides seed for the farmer and then bread to eat. In the same way, He will provide and increase your resources and then produce a great harvest of generosity in you.
11 Yes, you will be enriched in every way so that you can always be generous. And when we take your gifts to those who need them, they will thank God. 12 So two good things will result from this ministry of giving—the needs of the believers in Jerusalem will be met, and they will joyfully express their thanks to God.
This is such a simple and yet powerful teaching. Most of you have heard someone say; “you can’t out give God!” I will certainly shout AMEN and testify to this truth. I have had the opportunity throughout my journey with Christ to have little and to have much. As I follow this teaching to give I have never gone without. God has always given so much more than I could hope or imagine!
Notice the Apostle Paul’s words; God provides seed for the farmer. The farmer prepares the field, God provides the seed, the water and all that is needed to finally prepare bread to eat. At this time bread was not something added to a meal it could be a meal in itself. When God provided for the farmer bread to eat, He expected him to share with others. God will produce and increase your harvest so that you can be generous to others. If you are stingy with the harvest don’t expect an increase. This is a simple illustration of sowing and reaping, sow little, reap little!
Paul also gives us two benefits of being a generous giver. Those who you give to will joyfully glorify and thank God. The needs of other believers will be fulfilled. God loves you and He proved His love by GIVING Jesus. How will you prove you love to someone today?
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