Generous Mindset—Two2Grow, Friday, November 13
“You prepare a feast for me in the presence of my enemies. You honor me by anointing my head with oil. My cup overflows with blessings.” Psalm 23:5 NLT
I once had a professor of theology who told us how he had received a bill from a worker who had fixed something in his house. He decided to pay more than the amount on the bill just to bless the man. A couple of days later, I guess when the business owner realized that he had been overpaid, he called back. The professor explained that it wasn’t a mistake but was intentional, and it gave him a chance to speak about God’s goodness.
God’s love is overflowing. His goodness knows no limits. This overflowing love and unlimited goodness are often expressed in how we handle our money and resources.
As God’s children, we are invited to let God’s superabundant love fill us to the point of making our cup run over. When we stand in that stream of divine love, it transforms our view of life and our behavior.
We can be tricked into believing that we will be generous once we become millionaires. But by then, it is often too late. We would already have missed a number of opportunities to practice the generosity of God.
One expression of God’s love is generosity. As the Holy Spirit works a generous mindset in us, we begin looking at how we can meet the needs of others and how we can express God’s love in tangible and creative ways.
Let’s practice a generous lifestyle today, sharing our resources with those around us.
Pastor Mikael Stenhammar, PhD
I once had a professor of theology who told us how he had received a bill from a worker who had fixed something in his house. He decided to pay more than the amount on the bill just to bless the man. A couple of days later, I guess when the business owner realized that he had been overpaid, he called back. The professor explained that it wasn’t a mistake but was intentional, and it gave him a chance to speak about God’s goodness.
God’s love is overflowing. His goodness knows no limits. This overflowing love and unlimited goodness are often expressed in how we handle our money and resources.
As God’s children, we are invited to let God’s superabundant love fill us to the point of making our cup run over. When we stand in that stream of divine love, it transforms our view of life and our behavior.
We can be tricked into believing that we will be generous once we become millionaires. But by then, it is often too late. We would already have missed a number of opportunities to practice the generosity of God.
One expression of God’s love is generosity. As the Holy Spirit works a generous mindset in us, we begin looking at how we can meet the needs of others and how we can express God’s love in tangible and creative ways.
Let’s practice a generous lifestyle today, sharing our resources with those around us.
Pastor Mikael Stenhammar, PhD