GIVING

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Matthew 5:42
Give to those who ask, and don’t turn away from those who want to borrow.

Giving is two sided, the giver and the one who receives. One thing the one asking must first understand is that one can only give what one owns or has. Does the one asking have any reason to think that they have an entitlement to the one who is giving?

Firstly, we have only one El-shaddai, and that is the Lord Almighty Himself. We actually learn giving from Him:

Matthew 5:45
In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust alike.

We must understand that He is the source of all things, and we cannot prosper without Him.

1 Corinthians 4:7
For what gives you the right to make such a judgment? What do you have that God hasn’t given you? And if everything you have is from God, why boast as though it were not a gift?

It is easy to say it, when one is out of wealth, however if one is wealthy they could easily get carried away with wealth for it has it's own power.

Thus Jesus said:

Luke 16:13
“No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”

Ecclesiastes 5:10-13
Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness!
The more you have, the more people come to help you spend it. So what good is wealth—except perhaps to watch it slip through your fingers!
People who work hard sleep well, whether they eat little or much. But the rich seldom get a good night’s sleep.
There is another serious problem I have seen under the sun. Hoarding riches harms the saver.

So those who have are obligated to give, for this is why you have. We walk by the Spirit in all things, thus the Spirit guides us in our giving. Whether it is for the work of the Lord or to our neighbours.

There is actually no one exempted from giving, for our giving is just a measure of what we have... to whom much is given, much is expected...

So help us good Lord.

May we continually have the right measure of supply, being in the position of the giver. As the Lord wills. Glory to His name.

He calls us blessed.

Love
@the watcher.

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