A Vision of What God Can Do

Meditations on Second Corinthians

May 11, 2023

A Vision of What God Can Do

But I want it to be a willing gift, not one given grudgingly.

2 Corinthians 9:5b

Read: 2 Corinthians 9:1-5

Previously, I wrote that our giving to God begins in our heart as we remember God’s gift to us in Christ Jesus. It is also vitally important for us to look to the future and have a vision of how God can use the gift.

As an example, some years ago I shared with my church a need for scholarships to send our youth to summer camp. One of the pledges was for a ½ scholarship, made by a single woman who I knew earned barely enough to get by. I asked her what motivated her to make the pledge, and she responded, “The most important decision in my life was made when I was sixteen and attending church camp. I hope my gift will help someone encounter God like I did.” She willingly and lovingly made a sacrificial gift because she had a vision of what God could do with her gift.

My Takeaway: I want to have a greater awareness of what I hope God will do with the offerings I make. Not just a generic good hope, but a specific hope as the woman I remembered above shared with me.

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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