God's model


Romans 8:32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?


Jesus' death on the cross is the ultimate model for God giving us his son freely. God did not just talk the talk, He walked the path of exemplary giving.


One thing to keep at the back of our minds is God increases or prospers us financially to increase our standard of giving. Above all else, giving shouldn't be affected because we are having difficulty in some seasons of our lives. Instead, we should lower our standards in some unnecessary areas so that our giving is not affected. This is not the mind of most believers. To them when things are going bad, that's when their spiritual lives suffer most. And yet those are some of the best times to up our giving, praying, fasting etc. 


In times of much abundance, it isn't the time to think about what cloth, or car, you have always wanted to buy, it's best to think like "how much more can I give to advance God's kingdom." If you don't think like that, you are probably materialistic, spending all your time in prayer, fasting etc asking God for this and that. 


Most Christians think like as long as they have paid the tithe, then that's it. No that's not all. There's giving beyond the tithe. God has many causes where He wants us to give to and it takes a heart set on him to seek them out. The people in the old testament gave first fruits, tithe as well as voluntary or free will giving. We who are in grace cannot give any less because God has truly been good to us.

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