One Simple Truth
Generosity is far more about what’s in your heart, than what’s in your hand.
Scripture
2 Corinthians 8:2 ESV (Read the full chapter here)
for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.
Viewed at face value we seem to have two very contradictory ideas.
Extreme Poverty & A Wealth of Generosity
There is a generosity that God stirs in our heart as we become less attached to the material things of this world and we grow in our understanding of His faithfulness and provision. So that even in a severe test where everything within us wants to turn inward and hoard what we have, we can instead live with open hearts and open hands. In an abundance of joy our poverty can overflow into a wealth of generosity. Generosity is far more about what’s in your heart, than what’s in your hand.
Prayer
Lord, You are faithful. Grant us generous hearts, to joyfully share where there is need. In Jesus name, amen.