2 Corinthians
6:8
When God
tells you to give of your finances in order to fulfill someone else's vision,
you must realize:
1) He's
testing your faith and your willingness to obey in difficult circumstances.
When Elijah the prophet asked a widow to share her last meal with him, the
timing seemed strange. There was a famine in the land and people were dying.
Who would have blamed her for saying no? But by putting God's interests before
her own, she connected herself to a divine, unending source of supply. The
Bible says: 'Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly and whoever sows
generously will also reap generously ...God is able to make all grace abound to
you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will
abound in every good work' (vv. 6-8 NIV).
2) He's
giving you an opportunity to sow into another's life and reap in your own. We
love to quote, 'My God will meet all your needs...' (Philippians 4:19 NIV), but
do you remember who this promise was made to? It was written to those who
supported Paul's ministry. 'When I set out from Macedonia, not one church
shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving, except you only; for even
when I was in Thessalonica, you sent me aid again and again, when I was in
need' (vv. 15-16 NIV). Then Paul added these words: 'My God will meet all your needs according to His glorious riches in
Christ Jesus.' When you give, you invest in an account you can draw on when
you have a need yourself.
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