Financial Blessings

God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others.

2 Corinthians 9:8

HAVE YOU EVER considered that one reason God blesses people financially is so they can bless others with their wealth? That’s the point of this passage. God meets the needs of those who give, but part of the reason he blesses them is so that they can help others.

How else would God work in the world? Certainly, everyone doesn’t make the same income. Many times, good people suffer reversals that could leave them homeless. Some Christians think that they don’t have to do anything—the church will help these people. But what if you just made a lot of money in a stock windfall? Received an inheritance? Benefited from something else? Is hoarding that money or putting it into an account for retirement always the best thing to do?

Not according to this passage. Part of the reason you may have received a sum of money is so you can help others in need. God always works through his people to meet such situations. Could it be that he is blessing you right now so that you can bless others? His promise is that as you learn to give, and possibly to sacrifice, God will bless you even more because he sees that you are a faithful servant he can trust with larger sums.