2 Cr 8:10 I suggest that you finish what you started a year ago, for you were the first to propose this idea, and you were the first to begin doing something about it.
2 Cr 8:11 Now you should carry this project through to completion just as enthusiastically as you began it. Give whatever you can according to what you have.
2 Cr 8:12 If you are really eager to give, it isn't important how much you are able to give. God wants you to give what you have, not what you don't have.
2 Cr 8:13 Of course, I don't mean you should give so much that you suffer from having too little. I only mean that there should be some equality.
2 Cr 8:14 Right now you have plenty and can help them. Then at some other time they can share with you when you need it. In this way, everyone's needs will be met.
Remember that thing that you started last year that you were enthused about and gave up on a few months later after you started it. Please know that every vision and every dream that God gives you will not, does not and can not mature overnight. There are tools that you have at your disposal to deal with these perilous times (2 Tim 3:16). There is a process that you have to go through in order for that thing that God spoke to you to come to past. This passage of scripture puts giving in its proper context. Everyone may not be able to give to the same degree socially, financially, educationally and economically. This is why unity is so important because it creates an environment for us as Christians to exchange strengths with one another where by we use each other (but not abuse one another).
When we follow these principles, we help increase each other’s capacity to give in different areas. If we are in Christ, we have the power to bare the fruit of the Spirit which exudes love, joy, peace, longsuffering, goodness, and faith. (Gal 5:22). Some areas of the Spirit need to be cultivated more than others in us. As we come together, our faith becomes fortified and our fruit will remain. (John 15:16)
2 Cr 8:15 As it is written, He that [had gathered] much had nothing over; and he that [had gathered] little had no lack.
One last note I want to urge some of you to be mindful of lascivious spending whereby you use the credit card for “Everything” .I know I’m in your business but it is very hard to position ourselves to possess the land while being bound to a perpetual habit. “There will always be a sale”.
Have a Blessed Weekend and Enjoy Yourself. “Know that You are not forgotten.”
Under His shadow
Bobby
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