A GENEROUS MAN - PART 4

SATURDAY 21 DECEMBER 2024

Through a generous man, the true character and glory of God can be made known to many people. And many a godly man that encourages generosity is not so much interested in being the centre of attention, due to their pleasing character that shows a dutiful spirit of reverence for God. More below!

Reference: Isaiah 32:8 New King James Version (NKJV)

"But a generous man devises generous things, And by generosity he shall stand."

When a generous person devises generous things, it implies that he indulges in the process of analysing and developing a beneficial idea or noteworthy principle into fruition. And by generosity, he starts to succeed and produce the results that were intended or hoped for. Got it?

Why does a generous man devise generosity-inspired missions? That's the way his mindset is constructed, unlike a tightwad.

What does the Bible say about a tightwad?

Proverbs 23:7-8 (MSG)

Don't accept a meal from a tightwad; don't expect anything special.

He'll be as stingy with you as he is with himself; he'll say, "Eat! Drink!" but won't mean a word of it. His miserly serving will turn your stomach when you realize the meal's a sham."

Think about it carefully! The tightwad may say or promise you anything that seems good, but he does not mean a word of it, but the thoughts and devises of a generous person are all-important for navigating the path of true success through his zealous and earnest determination towards working out such conception and its established course, effectively.

Furthermore, cogitating on the spiritual law of sowing and reaping, which is a recurring theme in both the Old and New Testaments, will grant you a revelatory insight that suggests an aspect of divine truth which governs the spiritual and material realms. To that effect, "Now I say this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows generously will also reap generously" (2 Corinthians 9:6 NASB). When the assurance that comes with this spiritual law becomes a fixed spiritual perception, it can empower any generous person to approach his generosity-inspired mission with utmost confidence.

In other words, it is the assured principle that governs the foundation for the behavioural orientation and applied reasoning of a generous person. Zero wonder Psalm 112:5 (ESV) reads, "It is well with the man who deals generously and lends; who conducts his affairs with justice," which is a definitive guarantee of divine response to enactments, actions and demonstrations based on munificent principle. Stay tuned for part 5. Shalom!

Scripture Reading  - Proverbs 11:24-25; Matthew 6:1-4; 2 Corinthians 9:11-12; 1 Timothy 6:17-18.

Exuberant Declaration:

I acknowledge that God's special ability that encourages and provides generosity is fully awake and potent in my innermost being, and I'm greatly blessed by the reward that accompanies the exercised ability. Hallelujah!