Saturday, November 13, 2010
Proverbs 28: 27
He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack, but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
We end the week on a somber note. We always hear the positive side of alms giving, but never the flip-side: to give is blessed, to withhold giving is cursed. Why is this? GOD has a storehouse of provision for the poor and some of that storehouse is already in our hands, all we have to do is give it. If we withhold what GOD has intended for another person's provision, we have hurt the plan of GOD and the recipient. This is serious, and GOD is not pleased with the hoarder.
How do we overcome the natural tendency to hoard and not to give? Romans 12: 21 has the answer: "Be not overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." Just start giving, so that another might benefit and see how the blessings flow. Romans 11:36 says: "For of Him, and through Him, and to Him, are all things: to whom be glory forever. AMEN" Everything that is ours comes from GOD, through Him to others and the glory goes to Him. When we give, we give to Him. "Whatsoever you do to the least of my brothers, that you do unto me."
ALL THINGS COME OF THEE, O LORD, AND OF THINE OWN HAVE WE GIVEN THEE.
Proverbs 28: 27
He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack, but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
We end the week on a somber note. We always hear the positive side of alms giving, but never the flip-side: to give is blessed, to withhold giving is cursed. Why is this? GOD has a storehouse of provision for the poor and some of that storehouse is already in our hands, all we have to do is give it. If we withhold what GOD has intended for another person's provision, we have hurt the plan of GOD and the recipient. This is serious, and GOD is not pleased with the hoarder.
How do we overcome the natural tendency to hoard and not to give? Romans 12: 21 has the answer: "Be not overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." Just start giving, so that another might benefit and see how the blessings flow. Romans 11:36 says: "For of Him, and through Him, and to Him, are all things: to whom be glory forever. AMEN" Everything that is ours comes from GOD, through Him to others and the glory goes to Him. When we give, we give to Him. "Whatsoever you do to the least of my brothers, that you do unto me."
ALL THINGS COME OF THEE, O LORD, AND OF THINE OWN HAVE WE GIVEN THEE.
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