“8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work. ”
Devotional - Luke Humphrey
In the verses right before this, Paul writes that believers should give bountifully, freely, and cheerfully. But you can almost hear the questions that arise when we someone calls us to give our money away.
What if my salary seems too low to give anything?
What will happen if there’s an emergency in the future?
What about my plans for building a home or saving for my children’s education in the future?
These aren’t necessarily bad questions, and we should consider it. But Paul doesn’t address every potential difficulty for happily generous giving. Instead, he points to the God that we serve and that power that he possesses. When we give for his glory, God takes care of us. God possesses all riches and power and authority and he is able to use these for our eternal good.
Look at the way that Paul motivates us: present giving is motivated by future grace. You will always have what you need to be able to obey and glorify God: from his sufficiency he is able to make you abound in every good work.
When we are tempted to disobey what we know we should do because we wonder at what it will cost us we can remember this: our God takes care of his children. We can trust him to provide the present grace that we need to empower our obedience and the future grace he will lavish upon us on account of our obedience.
“What is God?
God is the creator and sustainer of everyone and everything. He is eternal, infinite, and unchangeable in his power and perfection, goodness and glory, wisdom, justice, and truth. Nothing happens except through him and by his will.”
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