God's Best!

Now thanks be to God for His indescribable gift [which is precious beyond words]! 2 CORINTHIANS 9:15 AMP

Thank God for this gift, his gift. No language can praise it enough!
2 Corinthians 9:15 MSG

I read today's extract in context and the question would be: 'what could this gift be?'. The whole chapter talks about not just giving, but first about the attitude, motives and desires attached to giving. We quote the verse about sowing sparingly and bountifully, but beyond the quotes, have we discovered the reason(s) why so much is said about giving?

Paul was grateful for the gift promised by the Corinthians to the Macedonians, and was also grateful to God that they had the right attitude towards giving. You can never do it right if your heart is not right. You can never learn the secrets of the blessings attached to giving to meet needs if you do not understand why you need to give right. When you know what you have been given, nothing will be too much to give up. When you know what was given up so you could have all you do now, nothing will be too much to surrender.

We hold on to possessions and position and power, because the world defines success and impact by those things. We want to keep amassing and hoarding, afraid of what tomorrow might bring. God didn't even have our allegiance when he gave his best gift; he didn't wait until we were worth it before he gave his best. Now we have his best, he expects our best also. He gave his all, and all we are now belongs to him. Do I live in that consciousness? Am I living a life of daily gratitude for all I have and enjoy today? I cannot outgive God; I can only live in the consciousness that all i am or have flows from him. His time of favour is here.