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The people were in deep poverty and deep trouble. What did they do in their time of need? Did they say, God, why do we have so much trouble coming against us? Not at all, in the midst of their great trouble, they stayed full of joy and they gave generously to others. Notice they sowed a seed in their time of need. They knew if they would help to meet other people’s need, God would meet theirs.
In your times of difficulty, do just what they did. Number one, stay full of joy. Number two, go out and sow a seed. Help someone else and you will be helped.
If you lost your job, do not sit around feeling sorry for yourself, go volunteer someplace. Sow a seed while you are waiting for that next door of opportunity to open. If you are believing for a better car, instead of complaining about the one you have, sow a seed by going somebody a ride. If you are believing for business to be blessed help someday else’s business to grow. Do something to get some seed to the ground.
Give generously for your gifts will rerun to you later. Divide your gifts among many for in the days ahead, yourself may need much help. Notice, God is giving us a principle here that will cause us to have our needs supplied during those tough times that occasionally come. Give generously ring now, because in the future you may need some help.
Picture it this way. When you give, you are storing up God’s goodness and His favor so in your time of need, you will have a great harvest of which God can draw to meet your need. You may not have any pressing needs today. That is great but do not let that stop you from giving. You need to prepare for the future. When you do have a need, God will be right there to help you out. You are storing up God goodness.
I have given and given, but I do not ever seem to reap a harvest. I am always on the giving end, never on the receiving end.
Do not get discouraged. Do not quit giving. You have got to understand that you are storing up God’s goodness and God has promised that your generous gifts will come back to you. One day when you need them the most, they will be there to help you out.
