Generosity

Each day we walk through the Bible chapter by chapter making an application of our text to help us grow in the Lord. Many applications can be made from each day's text. Today we continue in the book of 2nd Corinthians with Chapter 8 and in our text we see Paul describes how generous giving glorifies the Lord as other Churches of the day gave sacrificially being poor themselves. In their generosity the Lord provided for the giver both financially and spiritually. In making application we see the same principle today as we are instructed in the Bible to give financially and when we obey and give sacrificially we see the Lord providing everything we need both financially and spiritually. How about you? Do you see this provision of the Lord as You give sacrificially? Let us learn from our text today and the instruction of Paul to see that the Lord does not need our money but rather sees our heart as we give to Him sacrificially and responds to us both financially and spiritually when we give of our resources as He will repay in a good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over.