Living in the Spirit
November 25, 2020
Scripture Reading:
2 Corinthians 9:6-15
The point is this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that by always having enough of everything, you may share abundantly in every good work. As it is written,
‘He scatters abroad, he gives to the poor;
his righteousness endures for ever.’
He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enriched in every way for your great generosity, which will produce thanksgiving to God through us; for the rendering of this ministry not only supplies the needs of the saints but also overflows with many thanksgivings to God. Through the testing of this ministry you glorify God by your obedience to the confession of the gospel of Christ and by the generosity of your sharing with them and with all others, while they long for you and pray for you because of the surpassing grace of God that he has given you. Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!
I drove home from a grandnieces wedding yesterday evening across the Oklahoma prairie in the pitch black of night. It was a beautiful wedding, wonderful service watching a young couple take their vows before God. I was thinking I am getting too old to be driving around in the dark, when my car gently lurched toward my lane of traffic. I was the only traffic in sight, and it was so dark and drizzle was falling I could not see the lines in the road. My car has one of those gismos that corrects my lane placement if I accidently drifts across the paint stripes marking the lanes. It reminded me that I was not without guidance. God always travels with us and helps us adjust to the world whether we are driving across the Great Plains or in the middle of a busy city.
I love the following song. Hope it will bless you as it blesses me during this season of Thanksgiving.
Prayer:
How can I say thanks
For the things You have done for me?
Things so undeserved
Yet You gave to prove Your love for me;
The voices of a million angels
Could not express my gratitude
All that I am and ever hope to be
I owe it all to Thee
Chorus:
To God be the glory
To God be the glory
To God be the glory
For the things He has done
With His blood He has saved me
With His power He has raised me;
To God be the glory
For the things He has done
Just let me live my life
Let it pleasing, Lord to Thee
And if I gain any praise
Let it go to Calvary.
*My Tribute by Andraé Crouch see at https://genius.com/Andrae-crouch-my-tribute-lyrics
All scriptures are quoted from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Anglicized Edition, copyright 1989, 1995, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights are reserved.