Be generous and willing to share: 1 Timothy 6:17-19
I came across this devotion a couple of months ago in Our Daily Bread devotional that resonated with me.
You may have heard stories like this below but what it represents is what I/we should be doing. Not only just ‘doing’ but being ‘compassionate’ about it!
It doesn’t necessarily mean you have to buy a car for someone (unless of course you are led to do it) but to seek out many different ways to be generous!
Not only with your money but your possessions, your time, etc..!
“After Vicki’s old car broke down with no option for repair, she started scraping together money for another vehicle. Chris, a frequent customer of the restaurant where Vicki works at the drive-thru window, one day heard her mention she needed a car. “I couldn’t stop thinking about it,” Chris said. “I [had] to do something.” So he bought his son’s used car (his son had just put it up for sale), shined it up, and handed Vicki the keys. Vicki was shocked. “Who . . . does that?” she said in amazement and gratitude.
The Scriptures call us to live with open hands, giving freely as we can—providing what’s truly best for those in need. As Paul says: “Command [those who are rich] to do good, to be rich in good deeds” (1 Timothy 6:18). We don’t merely perform a benevolent act here or there, but rather live out a cheerful spirit of giving. Big-heartedness is our normal way of life. “Be generous and willing to share,” we’re told (v. 18).
As we live with an open, generous heart, we don’t need to fear running out of what we need. Rather, the Bible tells us that in our compassionate generosity, we’re taking “hold of [true] life” (v. 19). With God, genuine living means loosening our grip on what we have and giving to others freely.” -Winn Collier (Our Daily Bread ministries)
“I want to hold what I have loosely, God. I want to be generous, like You. Transform my heart and help me to give freely”
Jerri Landers