Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” 2 Corinthians 9:7
God Loves a Cheerful Giver but He Will Bless a Reluctant One
Sometimes the things that we want to withhold from a life of generosity are just silly. I recently had a friend that was preaching in another city. He needed a tie to wear and I have plenty. So I loaned him a solid blue tie that I have. I think I paid two dollars for it, but I liked the tie. When we went to the church he was to preach at he and I both were blessed with brand new tailored suits. I brought him to the house he was staying and he offered to give me back my tie. I told him to keep it. After all I had just been blessed with a very expensive suit and it was just a two dollar tie. But I like the tie…it was my tie… but I was being silly and I knew it. Well today I was blessed with not one but six silk ties… you know just to match my brand new tailored suit.
In regards to giving God says, “Test me in this, … and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.” So now I have more neckties than I can store more suits than I can store more sports coats than I can wear and a really cool collection of Italian and top quality shoes that may last a life time and I cannot tell you where it all came from. Because God loves a cheerful give but he blessing reluctant one too.
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