Shallow Pockets

What is the “thought” that limits your generosity? It may not be a single thought, maybe it is many thoughts, but the God given spirit that resides in us is often heavily impeded by our ways of thinking. You see when Jesus came to free us from our sins He also came to free us from sinful thinking. Often we are tempted to think that I only need to change my behaviors and we forget that our behaviors spring from how we think. Wrong thinking produces wrong actions.

So again, what is your limiting thought. Is it a fear of running out of something? Is it a fear of bad things happening and my resources will be limited then to fix the problem? It is the judging thought that this person does not deserve my help? Is it a lack of me finding out how much value something is worth to truly invest in it? What about simply trusting good thoughts, promises of the scripture like Proverbs 19:17 and see how that affects your actions.

When opportunities come along to test my generosity how do I respond knowing that the Lord is watching. It makes all the difference in the world to know that during those times He is watching me and not my resources. What does it matter to the Lord anyway if we use up all of our resources? Did He not create all resources, does He not orchestrate where every resource is and where it goes, does He not have the power to reroute anything He chooses to at any time. The problem we face is not that God is not powerful enough to provide for every current, and all future situations. The real problem is that in this moment, in this character test we choose to rely upon ourselves, to trust our thoughts over the thoughts and promises of the Bible.

How then am I ever going to gain a Christlike character until I exercise a Christlike faith? Think about what God is trying to do for a moment. He is trying to give us a moment to help, a moment to be generous, charitable, kind; and with that to see the joy multiplied in the person helped. After which God then also wishes to bring us the joy of how He miraculously will provide again for us later, bringing more joy, but would we rather sit around tightfisted and worrying?