Blessed are Those Who Give

UV 4234/10000 Blessed Are Those Who Give And God is able to make all grace ( every favour and earthly blessing) come in abundance to you, so that you may always (under all circumstances, regardless of the need) have complete sufficiency in everything ( being completely self -sufficient in Him), and have an abundance for every good work and act of charity. 2 Corinthians 9 v. 8 God blesses us abundantly in Christ so that our needs are met and over and beyond that we are able to be a channel of His blessing to meet the needs of others. It is not just material or monetary blessing but an abundance in terms of health, peace of mind, free time, support mechanisms, relationships and whatever else is needed to fulfill His purpose in our lives. The Lord is always directing some needed resources towards us as He is the Source of all resources. Our faith response is to always be thankful, contented, not worried or anxious about meeting our physical or other needs. We are also to be unselfish in distributing to the poor and needy not just the leftovers but sometimes in faith we can give beyond what we can afford. This is called bold and generous giving. I was glad to see in today’s social media message a photo of an expensive motorized wheelchair being gifted by a believer to a needy and challenged woman. He said he was inspired by me though I felt humbled by his statement. The Lord had actually blessed the young man’s business so that he responded obediently to the Spirit’s directive to buy the woman the motorized vehicle. Later this month I have directed the administrator of FOP or Friends of Poor , an NGO I founded twenty eight years ago to distribute shirts and clothes to the poor to mark the end of my thirty four year career in the Indian police service. It is a small gesture to acknowledge the Lord’s faithfulness to me in preserving my life in near death experiences and other dangers and threats in the profession. The gist of the uni-verse may be summed up in a beatitude like sentence- Blessed are those who give for they shall be given more than enough. They shall not suffer any want. In their hour of crisis or need, the Lord will rush to their aid for as the Psalmist wrote, they had shown concern and compassion to the needy. Scripture records that when we give to the poor, we are lending to the Lord and since He will not be any man’s debtor, He rushes to repay us many times over. Ultimately, however it is not what we have done or given or deserved but it is all grace of the Lord that He blesses us to be a blessing.