God Bless You!

          The Word of God gives us multiple examples of sowing and the amazing rewards of giving. The key element when we give to others just like all other aspects of Christianity is that we do it in love and from a grateful heart for all God has already done for us and given us. God has given all of us some truly amazing promises and the one we see in today’s verse is that “we will lack nothing” if we help the needy. It sounds simple, doesn’t it? The hard part is not doing the actual “giving”, is the motive behind it which only God can see. Let’s remember that it only counts in God’s eyes if we do it from the heart, not expecting anything in return, not expecting praise or acknowledgement from others. Humans can be “poor” in so many different ways (it’s not always physical) and we as children of God have so much to offer. Let’s ask God to show us the needs around us and let’s do what were called to do. As we meditate on this today we cannot ignore the second part of today’s verse. If we pretend not to see the need, if we ignore it and just leave it for the next Christian that walks by, we may be cursing ourselves…Selah…

Pastor Laura Palacios

Proverbs 28:27 (NIV) “Those who give to the poor will lack nothing, but those who close their eyes to them receive many curses.”