Generous Heart
Deuteronomy 15:10
Give generously to him and do so without a grudging heart; then because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to.
This chapter brings up financial matters. All debts to fellow Iraelites were to be cancelled every seven years.
God's plan was that there should be no poor, because they would all be blessed by obeying him. Yet, realistically, there would be poor. God's provision for them is that those who have will be openhanded. A lovely, descriptive word, contrasted with tightfisted and hardhearted (in verse 7).
This was for Israel, but I can't help but feel the same principle will work now. If I give with a generous heart, not a grudging one, God will bless me in all my work. In everything I put my hand to!
I want to give! I am stopped by nervousness that I won't have enough, and by hardheartedness. I rationalize. Instead, I need to be ready to serve and worship God in that way also.
Give generously to him and do so without a grudging heart; then because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to.
This chapter brings up financial matters. All debts to fellow Iraelites were to be cancelled every seven years.
God's plan was that there should be no poor, because they would all be blessed by obeying him. Yet, realistically, there would be poor. God's provision for them is that those who have will be openhanded. A lovely, descriptive word, contrasted with tightfisted and hardhearted (in verse 7).
This was for Israel, but I can't help but feel the same principle will work now. If I give with a generous heart, not a grudging one, God will bless me in all my work. In everything I put my hand to!
I want to give! I am stopped by nervousness that I won't have enough, and by hardheartedness. I rationalize. Instead, I need to be ready to serve and worship God in that way also.
posted by ruthees @ 8:28 AM
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