Devotion

Open-Handed Freedom
 
Proverbs 11:24-25 (NLT) Give freely and become more wealthy; be stingy and lose everything. The generous will prosper; those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.
 
A giving spirit is one that has freedom in Jesus! Your willingness to share out of your personal resources shows that you don’t consider yourself to be the owner of your supply. You trust in the Source of all of your provisions. Therefore, you know that you have more than enough to share with someone else. Your open-handed freedom will return to you more than you can give away! But if you are tight-fisted and selfish – and there is nothing given out or received – then what you think you own actually owns you! You don’t know freedom, and you don’t know the joy of sharing. Until a person’s heart becomes open to the Source of everything – the blessed transactions that occur within the freedom provided in Jesus will not be fully produced. Let me see your hands. Aha! I can tell by their openness that you have a giving heart! Praise the Lord!