Giving That Works 2

Giving to God as an act of worship is a sacred duty and must be in harmony, alignment, and perfect compliance with the instructions and nature of God.  In yesterday’s post, I introduced the four elements of fruitful giving – unselfishness, a cheerful and generous attitude, consistency, and sacrifice.  I wrote about the first two of these elements yesterday. Today’s post is about  the next two.

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How To Sow And Reap Fast and Fabulous Harvests
Giving That Works 1

The next important element of fruitful giving is consistency.

You must be consistent in your giving…

Giving to God should never be done in an erratic manner.  Until giving becomes your lifestyle, it will not profit you at all.  You must understand one principle of life which is that whatever does not enter the habitual dimension within the framework of your personality, will not be able to profit you. 

A lot of people think that because they’ve given to God or others at one point or the other, then that makes them givers.  They then begin to freak out when they don’t see their imagined harvests and rewards.  These are merely foolish, selfish and deluded people

The fact that you’ve given money to God, or anyone for that matter, does not make you a giver.  You can only be accurately referred to as a giver when that act defines your personality. 

Does writing a single article and sticking it up on a blogspot or wordpress free site make you a blogger?  Of course not!  How about claiming to be a lawyer simply because you won an argument at a drugstore?  Or saying you are a medical doctor because your guess as to the drug for a particular ailment worked?  

The reality is that in order to be any of these professions, you must have mastered the principles that regulate those activities, gained adequate skills in them, and are practicing those skills, engaging in those activities on a consistent basis, and according to their guiding principles and disciplines.

It is in this same way that you’ll never be qualified as a giver except you’ve mastered the principles that regulate giving – whether you do this deliberately, or you are unconsciously aware of them is inconsequential.  The point is that if you want to reap abundant harvests from your giving, you must master the principles of giving, gain the necessary skills of giving, and give consistently according to those principles and disciplines.

Consistency in giving is a mult-dimensional concept…

It means that giving must permeate every aspect of your life.  In other words, your giving is not just about giving money in Church, but also involves giving your time, your words, and all else that you have, in order to glorify God and bless your fellow human beings.

Consistency also means that you give regularly in every dimension of your being.

Now think about these few questions:

1. Have you been faithful in giving to God and your fellow human beings?
2. Has your giving been consistent or generally erratic?
3. Do you give in every dimension of your life?  Or do you only give in one area and neglect other areas?

Then take time and determine how to move into the dimension of consistency in all areas of giving in your life.

We’ll continue tomorrow.
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