There is a Freedom That Comes From Giving - from living a generous life. The more we own, the more we are tied to what we own. It can be said that our possessions own us! The pull of possessions is a matter of basic physics. The greater the mass, the greater the hold that mass exerts. The more things we own--the greater their total mass the more they grip us, setting us in orbit around them. Finally, like a black hole, they suck us in. Giving changes all that. It breaks us out of orbit around our possessions. We escape their gravity, entering a new orbit around our treasures in heaven.
Meditation Verses:
(Mat 6:21 KJV) For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
(Mat 19:21 NIV) Jesus answered, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."
(1 Tim 6:18, 19 NIV) Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life.
(Mat 19:21 NIV) Jesus answered, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."
(1 Tim 6:18, 19 NIV) Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life.
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