09/08/2018
Seek Daily (NBC)
Friday, August 10
2 Corinthians 9:11-15
GENEROSITY RESULTS IN MUTUAL THANKSGIVING
11 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.
12 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. 13 Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves, others will praise God for the obedience that accompanies your confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with everyone else. 14 And in their prayers for you their hearts will go out to you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you. 15 Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!
*Golden Text:*
“This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of God’s people but is also overflowing in many experiences of thanks to God”. 2 Corinthians 9:12, NIV
A woman rescued a child from abandonment and trained him. The child grew up, having intimated him with the story, appreciated the woman and gave thanks to God. Similarly, when the woman was in need, the man she trained came to her aid which also resulted into thanksgiving to God and due appreciation to the man. Whenever the Lord uses people to meet the need of individuals, it results in mutual thanksgiving to God. The one whose need is met will give god the praise and express his heart gratitude to God in the life of the instrument God has used. the one who meets other people’s need also gives God the praise for using him as an instrument of blessing.
Paul then said that whenever the Corinthians were blessed, they would be able to meet other people’s need. Generosity sets people on to give thanks to God for meeting their need. It proves one’s obedience to the gospel of Christ and also knits the souls of believers together. Has the act of generosity in you resulted in mutual thanksgiving? Do you make God and fellow believers glad through your generosity? Let generosity be your habitual act of grace!
Birthday Blessing: “So you shall rejoice in every good thing which the Lord your God has given you and your house…”. Deuteronomy 26:11.
RBT Passage: Ruth 3-4; Acts 28; Jeremiah 38.
“Generosity is impossible apart from our love of God and of His people” – John MacArthur
