双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：3月23日 乐于施舍

3月23日

乐于施舍

“你们要给人，就必有给你们的，并且用十足的升斗，连摇带按，上尖下流地倒在你们怀里；因为你们用什么量器量给人，也必用什么量器量给你们。”

路加福音6:38

圣经告诉我们，慷慨施与者，必得祝福。箴言11:25说，“好施舍的，必得丰裕；滋润人的，必得滋润。”

我听过无数的这样的故事，人们担心按照上帝的应许遵守什一奉献的命令，害怕一旦如此自己就绝不会足够。当然他们从来都不会足够，因为他们从来没有遵行什一奉献。

然而，当他们最终决定顺服神遵守什一奉献的时候，他们就开始丰裕起来，跟所有其他守什一奉献的人一样，证明了神的供应，远超过他们的奉献。

我们奉献的时候，表明了两件事。第一，神要我们认识到，我们所拥有的并不是真正属于我们自己的。我们所拥有的一切都属于神。其次，奉献也是满足其他人需要的一种方式，而他们也是神所爱的。通过对他人的给予，我们见证了神的爱。

因而奉献不仅仅是满足了别人的需求，也是一种传播福音的方式，让我们可以向人们传达神最伟大的礼物就是他的儿子主耶稣基督，祂的恩典远远超过我们在物质上暂时的需要。

向神奉献是得到应许必得回报的投资。是一种无风险，必收利的作为。不会受股市和经济不确定性的影响。

有人说，我们的生命应该像一道水渠，而不是一个水库。水库蓄水，水渠却不断流动。神要我们成为祝福他人的管道。当我们这样做的时候，我们也因此得到最大的祝福。

今日祷告：

父啊，求你让我成为你祝福的管道。给我智慧去帮助别人。我祈求你帮助我以正确的方式使用我的资源，带给人最大的祝福并带领人们归向基督；奉耶稣的名，阿门。

March 23

GIVING

Give,and it shall be given unto you;good measure,pressed down,and shaken together,and running over,shall men give into your bosom.For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.Luke 6:38

The Bible teaches that blessings follow those who give liberally.Proverbs 11:25 says,“The liberal sould shall be made fat:and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.”

I have heard countless testimonies from men and women who were afraid to prove God’s promise by tithing as commanded by Scripture for fear they would never have enough.Of course,they never did have“enough”because they did not tithe.Then,when at last they decided to obey God and give to Him the first tenth of all their income,they began to prosper and to prove for themselves what has been proved by everyone who has done it,that no one can outgive God.

Two things happen when we give.First,God wants to produce in us the attitude that what we have is not really ours.Everything we possess belongs to God.

Second,giving is a means by which we meet the needs of others whom God also loves.By giving to others we testify to God’s love for them.So giving becomes not only a means by which people’s needs are met,it also is a form of evangelism which allows us to tell of God’s greatest gift,His Son,the Lord Jesus Christ,who will meet far more than their momentary physical needs.

Giving to God is a guaranteed investment with a certain return.Investment in God is a no-risk,always profitable act that is not subject to the whims of the stock market or of economic uncertainties.

It has been said that our lives should resemble a channel,not a reservoir.A reservoir stores up water.A channel is constantly flowing.God wants us to be a channel of blessing to others.When we are,it is we who receive the greatest blessings of all.

Pray for the Day:

Father,make me a channel of Your blessing.Give me wisdom to help others.And I pray that You will help me to use my resources in the right ways that will bring the most blessing and lead people to Christ;in Jesus’Name,Amen.