To Give Is to Gain

Give freely and you will gain even more. Hoard it all to the last morsel and drop and you will lose even that. God's economy is counter-intuitive, but if you follow His principles, blessings in abundance, with peace and prosperity, surely will come.

July's Message, Day 8:

One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty. A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed. Proverbs 11:24-25 NIV

Yes, here it is again. The "you reap what you sow" principle. Give freely of yourself and your resources and you will gain even more in abundance and be refreshed as well. That's how God's economy works. Keep it all to yourself and hoard every last morsel, and you will lose even that. Matthew 13:12 (NIV) states it this way: "Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them." It sounds harsh and counter-intuitive, but remember, God's upside-down Kingdom is meant to confound the wise in their own eyes. Give and you will receive, bless others and you will be blessed, do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Just follow God's principles, not the world's, and peace and prosperity will come.