“...give, and it will be given to you. A good measure,
pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap; for the
measure you give will be the measure you get back." –Luke 6:38 (NRSV)
“The point is
this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows
bountifully will also reap bountifully. —2 Corinthians 9:6 (NRSV)
This
seems to be a ‘law of the universe.’ You
reap what you sow. What goes around
comes around. You get what you
give. There are many ways of saying it,
but the basic truth remains: You get out
what you put in. If you practice
diligently you become skilled whether it’s a sport, music, craft,
language... The results aren’t always
immediate or exactly proportional, but the law seems to hold...except in the
case of our salvation. ... There we get what God put into it.
And in
that case, our effort...in response to God’s...draws us deeper and richer into
the bounty that is the life that God keeps giving away.
Talk
to God about your giving...and getting.
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