"Each man should give what he has decided n his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver."
Have you ever thought about why God wants us to give? The Creater of the entire universe doesn't need what we have. Maybe what God is concerned about is the attitude of our heart? Is it possible that the nature of God is to give? We see that nature lived out in the life and death of Jesus. Is is possible that God wants a similar attitude within us because of what it does for our lives? So that God doesn't want to feel forced to give, but to learn give in response to what God has done for us. To recognize that life is a gift to be shared.
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This makes me think of the Bible verse, "We love because He first loved us." My version of the Corinthians passage is "We give because He first gave so much to us."
ReplyDeleteMy Sunday School class is studying the book, Love in Action. This week's lesson is about what motivates us to serve - and how that motivation either keeps us wanting to serve or to do "short term" service. I see how today's scripture also relates to this lesson. It might be "We serve because He first served us - by giving Himself for us."