God Loves a Cheerful Giver

The more we realize that all that we have, we have received it from a loving heavenly Father, the easier it becomes to give; then tithing becomes a gesture of appreciation, and giving to others an extension of His love. We don’t give out of our wallet, but out of His

God is a BIG GIVER and wants to bless people. So the more we give to others, the more He gives to us so that His love continues flowing through us. He does want to bless us financially, but He wants us to SHARE the blessings that He gives us. He wants to prosper us so that we CAN GIVE MORE.

Mt 5:42 says “Give to him who asks you, and from him who wants to borrow from you do not turn away.”

There’s a danger to prosperity. It can easily lead to complacency and lack of dependence on God. God is a giver and He wants us to be givers too. Jesus said, “He who has two tunics, let him give to him who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise,” and “go sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven”. “Do not seek what you are to eat or drink.” “Seek not for yourself treasures on earth.”  “You have not because you ask amiss that you may consume it upon our own lusts.”

 Also, when you give to the poor, it is like lending to the Lord, and the Lord will pay you back (Pro 19:17).

There is another aspect to giving that needs to be highlighted. Paul talks a lot about his financial partners as his team. There is a “good reward” for those who partner with those who are on the frontlines. Jesus said, “Where your treasure is there your heart will also be”. That means that we can move our heart’s treasure by simply investing where it’s most important and fruitful, in the actual preaching of the Gospel and the making of disciples.

When we support the works of God, He blesses us and the works of our hands. The law of generosity is you always reap more than you sow. We must plant by faith not by’ feelings.

“If there is among you a poor man of your brethren, within any of the gates in your land which the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart nor shut your hand from your poor brother. But you shall open your hand wide to him. You shall surely give to him, and your heart should not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing the Lord your God will bless you in all your works and in all to which you put your hand.”–Deut 15:7, 8a, 10