Not Difficult
If I gave you a $100 bill and asked you to give it to a perfect stranger, could you do it?
Think about it, would it be difficult for you to approach a person with a $100 bill and say, “Hello, I would like to give you something to bless you?”
Would you be afraid of offending them? Would you fear rejection? Would you feel that the value of what you are offering would negate your fears and intimidation and empower you to offer it anyway?
We are not as intimidated when we know for certain that whatever we have to offer is of great value and thus expect it to be appreciated.
I mean, who wouldn’t want $100?
This example does not allow for a “what if” because we are likely to assume everyone would appreciate $100. We know that the world out there loves money and esteems it with the highest value.
How valuable is eternal life? Healing in a desperate situation? A miracle? The revelation of being loved and cared for?
Should we really think it strange or difficult to pray for someone we see who appears to really need it?
Should we think it is strange or difficult to share the good news of Jesus with someone we encounter?
Should the desire to bless and make a difference in the life of another be something strange or difficult to us?
2 Corinthians 5:18 Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, 19 that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.
20 Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God. 21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
Again, the Scriptures say,
2 Corinthians 6:1 We then, as workers together with Him, also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain. 2 For He says, “In an acceptable time I have heard you, and in the day of salvation I have helped you.” Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.
The more we believe in the grace of God we have received and the goodness of God we have tasted, the easier it is for us to share it with others. Those who truly know they are blessed in Him have a desire to share the blessing with others. Such as you have, you can give!
