The joy we find in giving.

Let us fully trust that God will provide us with absolutely everything we need and then after this we will rejoice in giving.

8 In the same way, brothers, we make known to you the grace of God that has been given to the churches of Macedonia; 2 that in the great trial of affliction, the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded in the riches of their generosity. 3 For I bear witness that they were glad to give according to their ability, and even beyond their ability, 4 with much entreaty that we might grant them the privilege of sharing in this ministry for the saints. 5 And not as we hoped, but they first gave themselves to the Lord, and then to us by the will of God; 6 so we exhort Titus that as he began at the beginning, so also he may finish this gracious work among you. 7 Therefore, as you abound in everything, in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all earnestness, and in your love toward us, abound in this grace also.

2 Corinthians 8:1-7

Being generous and sharing is something we can learn since this is not something we are born with, it is not something natural, for example we can see children who from a young age argue about who goes in first or who is first in line, they fight over who has the biggest piece of cookie or who uses this or that toy.

We as adults continue to do the same, we also have struggles and more when it comes to giving that all of this is related to our finances. Everything that we decide according to our finances, our money, how much we are going to give, how much we have, absolutely all of this reveals where we have placed our trust.

38 Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your lap, For with the same measure you use, it will be measured back to you.

Luke 6:38

The Lord Jesus Christ invites us to be generous, not just to spend ourselves accumulating and spending everything, he recommends that we find security in relating to him instead of seeking the security of our possessions. This is because no matter how much we have, it seems that it is never enough.

24 Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain descended, the floods rose, and the winds blew and beat on that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

Matthew 7:24-26

We must also be aware that if we only focus on money and rely on it, we are simply left to anxiety and uncertainty, since we can lose our job or if we suddenly have an illness, we cannot generate more money. If our trust is placed in it, unfortunately, our security is too fragile. When we have our security and hope placed in Christ, that He will give us everything we need, we can live fully with the certainty that God will not leave us lacking anything.

The Lord also provides us with money to use for what we want and for His purposes, not to believe that this gives us security. If we maintain an adequate vision of money, we will be able to experience the peace of God both in abundance and in scarcity, but we must never stop giving what we have received from the Lord.