Please read 2 Corinthians 8.
Meditate on this phrase from verse 5.
They first gave themselves to the Lord.
Paul wrote to the church in Corinth to disciple them in
areas of Christian maturity. By
comparison, the Corinthian Christians were much wealthier than the Christians
in Macedonia. In their deep poverty the
churches in Macedonia “overflowed in the wealth of their liberality (2
Corinthians 8:1).” The Macedonian
believers gave beyond their ability because they first gave themselves to the
Lord.
When you give yourself to the Lord, He enables you to do
things beyond your ability. You do
things by the will of God and not by your will.
God causes you to abound in everything to do His will.
Pray 2 Corinthians 8:5 and 7 over yourself and those for
whom you are standing guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).
“Lord, may ________
and I first give ourselves to You
then to others by
Your will.
Make us abound in
everything
in faith and
utterance and knowledge
and in all earnestness and in love,
so we can abound in Your gracious work.
For the sake of Your
Name, Jesus~”
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