Giving That Works 3

In this week’s blog series on giving, we’ve been studying the answers to the question, “Why do I give my offerings and sacrifices without receiving the promised supernatural rewards?”  I’ve already stated so far that the answers fall into any of the following two categories:

1. Problems associated with the giving side, and
2. Problems associated with the reaping side.

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How To Sow And Reap Fast and Fabulous Harvests
Giving That Works 1
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 Tuesday’s post, I introduced the four elements of fruitful giving – unselfishness, a cheerful and generous attitude, consistency, and sacrifice.  I’ve already written  about the first three of these elements in the posts of the last two days. Today’s post is about  the fourth one – sacrifice.

Never offer to God any offering that cost you nothing…

Sacrifice is a very important element of the kind of giving that pleases God.  A lot of people offer to God out of their own convenience, yet they expect to reap massive rewards.  That’s foolishness.  If your giving costs you nothing, it will bring very little benefits and rewards to you. 

In fact, the true value of any gift is the cost of the gift to the giver.  Even as individuals, we feel so valued when we realize that a certain gift we received from someone cost them so much.  It’s not necessarily a matter of the content or quantity of the gift, as it is about what it cost the giver to give it.  Sometimes, a gift might be intrinsically worthless in terms of it’s dollar value, yet it becomes invaluable in the light of the sacrifice that went into the gift.

This same principle applies with regards to our gifts to God.

I love the attitude of King David towards giving offerings to God, as expressed in his statement below:

“No, I insist on paying you for it.  I will not sacrifice to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” ~ King David, 2 Samuel 24:24

Think about your gifts to God – whether it’s in terms of time, money, talents, and so on; how much personal sacrifice is involved in the gifts that you give to your God?  Do not sacrifice to the LORD your God burnt offerings that cost you nothing.

In summary so far, the kind of giving that works, the kind of giving that is rewarded abundantly by the Almighty God, is giving that is:

1. Unselfish
2. Done with a cheerful and generous attitude
3. Consistent, and
4. Sacrificial.

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