"Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you"- Luke 6:38 (NIV).
The pastor preached on giving, the morning devotional was about giving, and my Bible reading was about the widow's mite; her giving all her livelihood. I think God is telling me my message should be about giving. Giving isn't just about money, both time and effort fall under this command, too. One of the devil's strategies is to keep our lives so busy we don't have time to give of ourselves. It's easy to reason and put off until a more opportune time...but years later you find you don't really have anything in common with your spouse, your children are grown, your parents are aged or no longer with you, and your friends, if you are lucky enough to have some, are in the same condition as you. The world tells us what a successful person's life should look like, both in our personal life and our home life, but the reality is we get what we put into things, including relationships. Ripples in our life journey can be ignored for a time, but sooner or later, we see the results of ignored relationships; even our relationship with God. Do you see the devil in this? He plans to blind and lead us down the wrong path. Cell phones now tell us how much screen time we've had weekly. It boggles the mind that I've been weekly on my cell phone for hours; hours! What if we had an app that told us how much time we spent on our relationships, including time with God? I bet it would be eye-opening. Let's pray our screen time is less and our time invested into relationships is increased. God's promise is to pour blessings into our laps when we give of ourselves. Giving is a good investment with great returns.
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