Done Right!

Done Right!

‭‭Matthew 6:3-4 AMP‬‬

[3] But when you give to the poor and do acts of kindness, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing [give in complete secrecy], [4] so that your charitable acts will be done in secret; and your Father who sees [what is done] in secret will reward you.

Life can get pretty hard sometimes. God Himself told the people of Israel as they settled in the land He had promised them that the poor would always be with them. There are times when needs will arise, not because one is lazy, but by God's divine arrangement, that need has to be met by someone else. It could also be that God wants to teach all psrties how to depend on Him alone for everything. There would be needs that I am given the resources and responsibility to meet, and there will be needs of mine that God would raise other people around me to meet. Whatever is the reason for the need or the basis for it, God is teaching me here how to meet the need He has given me grace to meet. The heart with which I give that which I have been blessed with is critical; do I give out of a heart filled with pride in possessions, position, power or privilege, conveniently forgetting that no man ever has anything that has not been given to Him by God.

I give because I understand quite clearly that all I have or hold is given in trust to me, so I can glorify God with it. He owns them all, and He dispenses them as He sees fit. He sets a man up, and He can also bring down another. He gives to one, and He can decide to withhold from another, just for a season. When He commands me to give what He has already given me, He is teaching all parties to depend on Him alone. There is no room to seek self-recognition or self-praise for something that you cannot manufacture or control. It is a privilege to own or hold it for a season, and if I use it in line with God's will, He will give me even more to own or hold. All I do, in secret or in the open, is laid bare before God. He sees what is done right, and His promise is that He will reward. From personal experience, it will be of utmost importance to do exactly as God commands, so you can get the blessing that has been promised. God does not lie. God's time of favour is here.