Activating Jesus In Our Lives - By Generosity

Matthew 10:8 – “…Freely you have received, freely give.”

The ‘generosity’ we have shows the character, nature and spirit of Jesus Christ. Jesus says that His GIFT is ours free! Inside of that gift of GENEROSITY we find forgiveness, mercy, grace, blessings, hope, eternal life and much, much more!

God says we are made in His image. That simply means we are made to be like Jesus. God put a generosity ‘gene’ in us and to be fully devoted believers we MUST activate that ‘gene’ and become absorbed in His spirit of GENEROSITY!

In this life there are so many different avenues to being ‘generous’. God calls us to be ‘generous’ in our spirits and give out of that love that is growing there. A generous spirit goes above and beyond the call – gives more than is expected. A generous person who knows who holds their life gives open-handedly because they know that everything they have belongs to God anyway!

The believer that is living in generosity lives life outside the four walls of the church. This person is ALWAYS looking for a way to give and looks for creative ways to bless people. They give their TIME to other people and KNOW that God will bless the effort and give them back plenty of ‘time’ to do what needs to be done.

Proverbs 11: 25  says “A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.”

God promises that those who are generous will be refreshed. Giving in generosity will ALWAYS be rewarded by God. He made us to give to others!

Generosity has everything to do with our ATTITUDE about being generous. When we truly recognize that God has given us everything; we have no problem sharing it with others no matter what it might be.

This includes money, time, resources, food, clothing, the Bible, conversation, etc. In other words those who are generous in their spirit have no problem sharing ANYTHING that they have because they know that God deserves that they share with others.

If you are generous you are likely to be hurt by others. This will happen. Not all people understand generosity and because of that will label it as something else.  We should ALWAYS remember that whatever gift we give is as unto the Lord and it should not matter what others think! Pray for those who can’t understand generosity that God will enlighten their spirit and they can help others too.

Don’t be put off by people who try to hurt you or crush your spirit of giving. Continue to give and share and love God and God Himself will deal with those who hurt you!

Is God at work in your soul to be generous? Has the Holy Spirit given you a way to help others? If we are listening to the call of God in our hearts, we can hear Him calling out to us to help others!

Here are some ways to measure the value of generosity in our lives:

 Responsibility ~ How is your life generous? Are we giving when we see need? Responsibility is the call to generosity! 1 Peter 4:10

 Release ~ Are we planting seeds or holding on to them? Once we are made believers in Christ the activation of generosity is ‘release’! It should be EASY to give because the alternative to giving is not giving and the Bible has something to say about that. Galatians 6:7-8

 Reap ~ Where have we sown seeds of harvest? Have we seen what becomes of the seeds of generosity? Reaping is the REWARD of generosity! It is encouragement to our soul and can ONLY come from God! Luke 6:38

 Reverse ~ Are we on the path of growth or greed? REVERSE is the path of generosity for those who turn from greed. There is ALWAYS a point to turn toward generosity. God desires that our hearts are soft with generosity; not hardened by greed. We must repent of being greedy and ask God to give us a heart of generosity! Matthew 3:8

 Recover ~ Generosity can RESTORE so much to our lives! God is in the business of RESTORATION in us to a spirit of love and giving! Let God activate in us a spirit of generosity! God can work wonders in us if we let Him! Joel 2:21-26

 Revealed ~ God will reveal to us how to be generous. We just have to be listening to Him! Generosity from the Lord is a gift revealed to us alone! Everyone does not always need to know you are being generous. Sometimes it is between us and God alone! Matthew 6:3-4

 Remember ~ What in this life will we be remembered for? God has given us a legacy and unless we activate it and use it; no one may ever know just HOW MUCH God has done for us. Generosity is a legacy that will live on long after we have gone home to Jesus! Being generous to others will be remembered by others forever! Out of love for Christ our desire should be to give generously to anyone in need! 1 Corinthians 13:1-3

Activate Jesus in the gift of generosity today! He came and gave to us the most generous gift known to mankind and our humble offering to others shows that gift! Believe Him today!