Shaken together, running over.
LUKE 6:38 NASB
Much of our day is spent in getting. We get up in the morning in order to get a good breakfast before we get a ride to work. We get in gear and get the job done so we can get a paycheck that will pay for a getaway on the weekend so we might get rest to get a jump on the coming week!
The Gospel challenges us to become people who are more concerned about giving than getting. Giving sound noble, and we instinctively know it's the "right thing to do," but in practice, giving is difficult. Genuine giving involves concern for others, and ultimately it requires the demolition of pride and self--centeredness. Giving is a sacrifice, letting go of at least part of that which we believe to be "ours."
The great mystery is that in giving, we get. What we get may not be what we had originally intended to get. Yet those whoare generous in their givingrepeatedly say: what they get in return is always far more valuable and meaningful than what they gave or what they had originally intended to get.
Norman Vincent Peale once said:
The man who lives for himself is a failure. Even if he gains much
wealth, Position, or power, he is still a failure.
The man who lives for others has achieved true success. A rich
Man who consecrates his wealth and his posistion to the good
Of humanity is a sucess. A poor man who gives of his service
And sympathy to other has achieved true success. Even though
Material prosperity or outward honors never come to him."
Find a way to give something to someone in need today, whether of your money, tome, talent, effort, service, tears, laughter, ideas, or possessions. Give freely and generously, not motivated by a payback. The payback will come, but let its arrival be a joyful surprise i. Your day!
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