Giving means that it is a delivery to another. Grace is in giving with love and liberality; One of the things that causes God’s blessings to reach us is learning to give, and at the same time it is the only rule to be able to receive something from God, we must remember that it is blessed to give than to receive. In (Acts 20:35) God speaks to us through this verse that It’s better to give than to receive.
It is better to give than to receive because it produces the character of Christ
Giving for Christians, in the biblical context, means reproducing the character of Christ. The Bible speaks of a fullness in the book of Acts (20:35): “It points out that the giver adopts the character of Christ, whose nature it is to give”. That is why the attitude of giving and the character of the giver are closely related.
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Naturally we give according to the fruit we produce. And what we are is what we produce. An apple plant produces only apples and not oranges or other fruit. This cannot produce another fruit different from its nature. Jesus said that “by the fruit the tree is known”.
Since in the word of God, man is illustrated and compared to a tree, as children of God, we need to ask ourselves a simple question: What kind of fruit is on my tree? We really can’t give of what we don’t have.
The mandatory question we must answer is: How is our characterChristocentric or egocentric? The nature of our giving depends on the answer we give.
If our character is Christocentric, our way of giving will be full of love, generosity, sensitivity and understanding for the needs of others; We will display an abundance mentality. Now, if it is egocentric, then it will be full of selfishness, interest and pettiness; which leads us to have a scarcity mentality.
Giving is the nature of God and received in the life of Christ
God’s nature is to give. As expressed (2 Corinthians 8:9) “For you already know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, who for love of you became poor, being rich, so that you with his poverty might be enriched”.
As believers and children of God, giving (with generosity and love) is also in us that spiritual nature received from Christ. By being new creatures and being born again, we receive God’s nature, which is love; and the Holy Spirit empowers us so that we can give with love and generosity.
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As Christians, is giving a vocation?
It is better to give than to receive, this is an unavoidable vocation to which every Christian believer is called to fulfill, since it was the best example that the Lord Jesus Christ left his disciples.
The Bible exhorts us, as a priority, to learn that it is better to give than to receive. However, this attitude does not occur automatically by itself; needs to be worked, and even forged so that grow up and develop in us, until it becomes natural in our life; as a habit; Well, this characteristic way of relating and orienting ourselves in our interaction with others. “Jesus did not say that it would be easier to give than to receive, but that it would be more blessed.”
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for the man to receive it’s more natural that to give. Life is completely directed, throughout the process of its growth, by a constant receiving. Babies cry for food, affection and attention from their mother.
Husband and wife mutually wait for each other’s caresses and compliments. All people hope to receive. Just as we also long to be recognized. So in each chest there is a heart hungry to receive affection and recognition; and that, in principle, cannot be questioned. But in the Christian life it is a foundation and a principle of the kingdom to give.
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What are you building on?
In life we cannot build on (a foundation) what we receive, but on (a foundation) and that is what we give.
There are people who go through life looking instead of giving, they live in a continuous longing to receive, without ever giving, this develops that man has a selfish and egocentric life; that he is based and focused on his own needs, which makes them unable to see and feel the needs of others.
Jesus Christ clearly expressed that it is more blessed to give than to receive. This demands a profound change in our way to think, see and do things in life, in addition to acquiring a commitment. It means getting out of our comfort zone. There is no way to give without committing your time, or your money, or energy, or perhaps resources.
Are giving and receiving reciprocal?
To the extent that we seek the well-being of others, that makes life pleasant for us. When we give to others, we are fulfilled in our need to give. We could say that there is no better way to enjoy goods if not by giving them.
Let us be blessed to give with love, to bring hope to those who need it most.. There are many who face the consequences of a divorce; those who experience the death of a loved one; those who bear the rebelliousness of their children; those who live under the influence of an insurmountable vice. Let us appropriate this and be blessed to give them a word of encouragement, or perhaps a hug of hope, also a real demonstration of affection through deeds.
The vast majority of people focus their efforts on collecting fruits, that is, (receiving) instead of giving. It is easier to be a receiver (consumer) than a giver; that is why there are so many people around us with needs that few can cover.
But when we are willing to give it is inevitable to receive. Because while you are in charge of giving to others to a great extent, God is in charge of covering all your needs, which is why whenever we approach those in need, we are blessed with their gratitude and love, and at the same time we develop in our being the character of Christ.
The word of God commands us to imitate Christ in his attitude of serving
This expression, “It is more blessed to give than to receive”was said by the most giving man this world has ever known, Jesus, who incarnated with his example, the greatest example of a life that he invested in others.
The life and ministry of Jesus was a constant giving, serving and helping people. And in the mouth of Jesus, these were not comprehensive words, but rather a vocation and a life mission, to serve and give to humanity what was in his heart. When Jesus said those words he was on his way to the cross to give his life for all humanity.
When we are capable of giving, we reproduce in our lives the altruistic and kind character of Christ. God gives generously; abundantly. God’s nature is love, and he constantly demands that you give to others.
Just as the sun needs to give light while it burns, so God needs to give. Christians, followers of Christ, need to reproduce the liberal, detached, altruistic, generous and giving character of our teacher and model who is Jesus Christ.
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