DAY 16 - Don’t Give Up Now
Read It
2 Corinthians 8:11
Study It
You see, what's happening here is Paul is talking to the church in Corinth a year earlier, the Corinthians actually committed to give, they were eager to give, they gave a little bit and they were the first ones that wanted to give to help support the church in Jerusalem. But they didn't follow through.
And what Paul is saying is that you need to match your eagerness to give with giving. If you wanna experience the overflowing joy of generosity, like the Macedonian Church did, you can't just have the intention of giving, the plans to give, the thoughts that one day I'll give or maybe I'll give in the future. But you actually need to give. You need to step into it and be obedient and do it now, not later.
I want you to be able to have a life that's so abundant and full that you can live in the overflowing joy of generosity. For those of you that are already experiencing that, I just want you to experience it even more in an even greater way that God would bless you with more resources to be a blessing yet again to others. But for those of you that are standing on the sidelines, just desiring to be generous but not quite sure if you can, I just wanna challenge you to push through those mindsets that limit us and to realize we serve a God that has more than enough to meet our needs.
In God's economy, when you give to him, you don't lose anything. You actually gain the ability to participate in what he's doing. And there's so many amazing things that he's doing through this church and through our church. And for others of you, you just need to recognize that you don't own any of it, that it's all his. It's way easier to give when it's not your money and when it's his, you can step into it in confidence and say, "God, I'm just a conduit for your generosity in my life to others around me."
Live It
Read It
2 Corinthians 8:11
Study It
You see, what's happening here is Paul is talking to the church in Corinth a year earlier, the Corinthians actually committed to give, they were eager to give, they gave a little bit and they were the first ones that wanted to give to help support the church in Jerusalem. But they didn't follow through.
And what Paul is saying is that you need to match your eagerness to give with giving. If you wanna experience the overflowing joy of generosity, like the Macedonian Church did, you can't just have the intention of giving, the plans to give, the thoughts that one day I'll give or maybe I'll give in the future. But you actually need to give. You need to step into it and be obedient and do it now, not later.
I want you to be able to have a life that's so abundant and full that you can live in the overflowing joy of generosity. For those of you that are already experiencing that, I just want you to experience it even more in an even greater way that God would bless you with more resources to be a blessing yet again to others. But for those of you that are standing on the sidelines, just desiring to be generous but not quite sure if you can, I just wanna challenge you to push through those mindsets that limit us and to realize we serve a God that has more than enough to meet our needs.
In God's economy, when you give to him, you don't lose anything. You actually gain the ability to participate in what he's doing. And there's so many amazing things that he's doing through this church and through our church. And for others of you, you just need to recognize that you don't own any of it, that it's all his. It's way easier to give when it's not your money and when it's his, you can step into it in confidence and say, "God, I'm just a conduit for your generosity in my life to others around me."
Live It
- Have you ever been eager to give but fell through on what you wanted to accomplish? How has that impacted your faith?
- What can you do today to keep the same eagerness in front of you when it comes to giving to God?
- How does viewing your resources as God’s resources change the way you think about generosity?