Your Moment at the Well
The Lord’s insight. A heart of generosity is what moves the act of giving.
Proverbs 11:25: “A generous soul will be made rich; and he who waters will also be watered.”
Proverbs 19:17: “Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and He will repay him for his deed.”
When we think of the blessings of the Lord, we typically think of receiving something from Him that we cannot provide or get on our own. But Paul, in the book of Acts 20:35 tells us to remember the words of the Lord that says; “it is more blessed to give than to receive.”
And then there are times when we might say to others “have a blessed day” or “be blessed.” When we do this, I believe we are saying we want others to have a day that God fills with the wonders of His love and of His generosity no matter what is happening.
But for myself, I have wondered about this. I do want people to have days full of the blessings of the Lord. But I often feel like I should do more than just say those words. Words alone seem empty in some ways. They do not feed others if they are hungry. They do not provide work for others if they need a job.
I believe I need to be more to others than just words. But what does this mean? I think it means being a generous person before others in every way. God is Love and so He is very generous towards each of us. While many of us know Him for the things He does for us, fewer of us know Him for His great generosity that He has towards us. But it is His Love for us that shows up in His generosity towards us that blesses our lives the most.
The generosity of the Lord is the Love of the Lord in action. Proverbs 19:17 is saying to us to start our engagement with others with love and fill it with love in action. The Lord will be more generous towards us when we are generous in how we are with others.
The Lord blesses the receiver with what the giver does; but He blesses the giver with more of the Love and generosity of the Lord. This is what the Lord means when He says it is more blessed to give than it is to receive. When we are generous towards others in every way, we bless them in ways they often need and cannot provide.
But now I know the Lord blesses the generous among us more for our generosity than He does for the things we do for others. He is lavish in heaping upon the generous more of His great generosity. He blesses the giver with what is important to Him that we should have.
Just like God did with King Solomon who asked God for wisdom and an understanding heart to lead God’s people. God gave him that and He also gave to Solomon riches and glory and honor the things he did not ask for but all people wanted. It was important to God that Solomon had these things too.
If you want to be blessed beyond your imagination, learn to be lavish with your generosity beyond what others would ever imagine. Never give to others thinking you will get something in return. Never give to others simply from the abundance that you have.
A generous person will give from what they do not have as freely as they will give from their abundance. If others need time that you do not have, give them what time you have. If they need shelter that you cannot provide, give them with what shelter you can.
They will be blessed a hundred times over when you do this. But you will be blessed a thousand times more because of your generosity. When we are generous towards the poor, we lend our giving to the Lord and He uses it to bless others and to repay us with His generosity.
Remember, generosity is God’s Love in action. No matter what your circumstances may be, you always have the generosity of you that you can always give to others. I know that receiving good from the Lord makes us feel good. But being generous makes the Lord feel good about us.
We must learn it is a better feeling to have when we know just how generous the Lord is because of our generosity.
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