Wednesday, February 18, 2015

“Giving”


In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: “It is more blessed to give than to receive.”

Acts 20:35

 

 
One of the biggest misconceptions Christians have about giving is that once we give money away to help a ministry, a church or to help the needy, it is gone. We hope others benefit, but know we will not. What we think is ours will be lost in one of two ways. It will either be lost before we die or after. As the saying goes, you never see a hearse with a U-Haul behind it. Now is our chance to give what we can’t keep to gain what we can’t lose. As God’s money managers, He wants us to invest His money in His kingdom. He promises to reward us in Heaven because we help the poor and needy who cannot pay us back for what we do for them.
 
Application
We can buy up shares in God’s kingdom. We can invest in eternity.
 
Prayer
God, help me to see needs that I can meet. Help me to meet them with a joyful heart.
 


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