DAY 15 - I Don’t Have Enough
Read It
2 Corinthians 8:1-5
Study It
Paul is talking to people who were poor. Have you ever felt poor? You see, the people in Macedonia weren’t just poor, they were dirt poor. And yet, Paul is using them as an example to the church in Corinth of rich generosity.
How could people that had so little, how could they possibly give so much? And it was because it wasn't actually about the amount, but it was about their mindset.
See, so many times we have mindsets that we don't realize limit us, hold us back. The church of Macedonia, they were actually begging Paul for the opportunity to give. They wanted to participate in giving and they had overflowing joy in the giving in spite of their extreme poverty.
Well, I think a lot of times we have mindsets that we don't really realize the limitations of. And one of those mindsets that I know that a lot of people suffer with is a mindset that I called the not-enough mindset.
I just don't have enough time. I just don't have enough money. I mean there's just a limited amount of resource and I just feel like I never have enough. What's interesting about that mindset is I know people that have $100 and feel like they don't have enough. I know people that have $1,000 and feel like they don't have enough. You see, not enough is not an amount. It's a mindset. It's just a mindset. We serve an abundant God who not only wants to provide more than what we need, but he also wants to meet the needs of others through us. And what we need to do is adjust our mindset, if we have that mindset, from not-enough mindset to more-than-enough mindset.
1 Chronicles 29:14
“But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? Everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your hand.”
Live It
Read It
2 Corinthians 8:1-5
Study It
Paul is talking to people who were poor. Have you ever felt poor? You see, the people in Macedonia weren’t just poor, they were dirt poor. And yet, Paul is using them as an example to the church in Corinth of rich generosity.
How could people that had so little, how could they possibly give so much? And it was because it wasn't actually about the amount, but it was about their mindset.
See, so many times we have mindsets that we don't realize limit us, hold us back. The church of Macedonia, they were actually begging Paul for the opportunity to give. They wanted to participate in giving and they had overflowing joy in the giving in spite of their extreme poverty.
Well, I think a lot of times we have mindsets that we don't really realize the limitations of. And one of those mindsets that I know that a lot of people suffer with is a mindset that I called the not-enough mindset.
I just don't have enough time. I just don't have enough money. I mean there's just a limited amount of resource and I just feel like I never have enough. What's interesting about that mindset is I know people that have $100 and feel like they don't have enough. I know people that have $1,000 and feel like they don't have enough. You see, not enough is not an amount. It's a mindset. It's just a mindset. We serve an abundant God who not only wants to provide more than what we need, but he also wants to meet the needs of others through us. And what we need to do is adjust our mindset, if we have that mindset, from not-enough mindset to more-than-enough mindset.
1 Chronicles 29:14
“But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? Everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your hand.”
Live It
- What could God do through a shift in your mindset from ‘Not Enough’ to “More Than Enough”?
- Write down two things that God could use you to accomplish if you had a change in mindset.