“Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God. This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of the Lord’s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God.” 2 Corinthians 9:10-12
Several weeks ago, Trinity HOPE sent me a brochure, and probably to you as well. It had a few wonderful articles and some awesome photos that jumped out at me, grabbed my attention and caused me consider the importance of spending one single quarter to provide a meal for a Haitian child; God is asking me to just give a quarter to feed one of His children.
What God gives to you, He wants to give through you. He gives us a quarter, well actually probably several hundred quarters each month, and then nudges each of us to give a portion of our quarters to feed His children. God is looking for people he can use to feed His kids in Haiti.
I read a devotion recently that compared how God sees us as either a cup or a straw. He looks around and asks, “Will you be a cup, or will you be a straw?” If you’re a cup, you just get filled up, and that’s it. But another kind of person says, “God, I’ll be a straw, and you can channel your blessing through me to other people.” That’s the kind of person God wants to bless again and again, day after day. This promise is built on your willingness to share what he supplies to you. Are you willing to be a ‘straw’ and pass on God’s blessing to others?
I’ve had people tell me that right now, in this unstable economy, is not a good time for them to commit to giving to any charity. It’s a quarter. No matter how much or how little you have, you can be generous with it. If you are like me, you either have a big pickle jar, a German beer stein or an unused ashtray that is full of change. One of those quarters will provide a meal for one of His children in Haiti.
Letting God give through us is a blessing and when you do this, God promises three things. First, you will grow spiritually, second, He will use you to meet other people’s needs and last, you will bring Him glory.
Heavenly Father, you have called your servants to ventures of which we cannot see the ending, by paths as yet untrodden, through perils unknown. Give us faith to go out with good courage, not knowing where we go but only that your hand is leading us and your love supporting us through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Amen.
May God be with you…Jay