Today’s Thought “An Empty Pan” G. Ward

2 Corinthians 9:8

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.

 

While most church fellowships are diminishing (*only numerically, not spiritually), many naysayers are seemingly confirmed in their speculative ideas so much older than they – that pervades, “all they wanted was your money!” The Apostle Paul’s day (more than two thousand years ago) witnessed the very same thing from naysayers that insisted he was just another greedy preacher promising blessings and whereas the Apostle’s discourse did include Holy God’s testament in how when sowing generously, would allow reaping in the same, he’d also be instructed to write that any should never give after exposure to attempts in coercion. His letter furthered how encouraged he was when those adherents agreed to support the Jerusalem church before and how the need hadn’t changed because some cynics said otherwise.

We must remember the Almighty’s Word supersedes every prognosticator of proposed deception, but remain absolute in dependence through devotion to all given by our Lord. There’s so much more grace to unfold, beyond our contributions, involving greatest joy to be called obedient, even amidst a perverse generation.