Faith Capsule: One that does not know to give will not know to receive.

Genesis 24:1-51

“…He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.” (2 Corinthians 9:6-7) Three kinds of giver are identified. Grudge givers, those who give by necessity and cheerful givers.
Grudge givers:
Those who give grudgingly are the ones that display or reflect reluctance or unwillingness in their giving life styles.
Those who give by necessity:
Let your giving be based on love and not always because of law. This describes the people that will calculate giving to the last penny; their giving is always same for years it never changes (why not try God by increasing your giving or reaching out even when you are yet to receive increase in your income) It is always good to receive back when one gives but it is not necessary that one’s giving should be based on when others give first.
Cheerful giver:
Cheerful giver gives with happy disposition. Cheerful givers are ones that gives in good spirits. Cheerful givers give as if they have more than they actually have. The Good Samaritan could not stop giving even after he left and bible recorded, “ On the next day, when he departed,he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, ‘Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I come again, I will repay you.” (Luke 10:35)
Rebekah fulfilled the description of a cheerful giver. She responded to Abraham’s servant who came in contact with her when he was looking for wife for Isaac. Genesis 24:45-46 recorded, “But before I had finished speaking in my heart, there was Rebekah, coming out with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down to the well and drew water. And I said to her, ‘Please let me drink.’ And she made haste and let her pitcher down from her shoulder, and said, ‘Drink, and I will give your camels a drink also.’ So I drank, and she gave the camels a drink also.” A cheerful giver does not stop giving halfway they give in full. The giving by Rebekah turned the story of her life around and it was never the same because her giving placed her in the center of her life fulfillment. Rebekah’s story sounds like a fiction but it is a story with secret of turnaround in life to fulfill a great destiny. God does not and will never look away from a cheerful giver. The more you give silently the louder you receive from Him. Cheerful giver engages giving steadfastly not only when it is convenient. In life, you will only reap from the way you sow/what you sow. One that does not know to give will not know to receive.

Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace of giving.