Daily Wisdom

 2Ki 7:9  “… this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: … now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household.”

When we prosper don’t fail to prosper others. Our blessings are not gained but given by the Lord’s favor, (Jms 1:17 “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above…”), thus we’re to keep on giving what has been given to us. In this passage the lepers were in the greatest of need, and yet they understood the importance of paying forward the Lord’s goodness. Realize that like the lepers we’re all dying, some with Christ and others without, if you’ve been blessed with knowing Christ, don’t hold your peace, you must be quick to share Him and bless others!

True prosperity is not in what you possess, but in how you help others possess it as well… HSAY 

Daily Wisdom

“For the kingdom of heaven is like a man travelling into a far country, who call his own savants, and delivered unto them his goods.” Mt 25:14

Man is prone to want the benefits of something gained, but not always the responsibility that goes with it.  Seldom in life are you allowed to reap without the responsibility or accountability to what was gained. The 4oth parable concerning talents (gifts), Christ the travelling man, passes on his goods to his servants for them to be responsible in their stewardship as well. Such gains are not just to be gotten, but to give to others and not gloated over. While salvation is free, spreading the gospel is not without expense; obedient stewards are responsible to cover those expenses.  Paul makes a bold statement in Phl 3:7-8 “But what things were gained to me, those I counted loss for Christ.”  Paul said the advantages he was gifted education, wealth, status and even external conformity to the law were missed guided gain, and were really a disadvantage, hindrance, and obstacle towards Christ. The greatest inheritance, gain coming, is for those who stand before Christ broke; knowing and able to claim that every single talent left them was used by giving to others. Often, we ask God to give us what we don’t have, when we aren’t even being faithful with what we do have. Gain to give, not just to get.

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”

HSAY … Todd