God’s plan for systematic giving aids both the spread of the gospel and our own Christian growth. Jesus promises you:

“Give and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap.”
—Luke 6:38.

Believers have proven over and over that you can’t out-give God.

H.M.S. Richards once related this experience:

“A lifelong gambler attended my meetings in Los Angeles, and I shall never forget the time I talked with him alone in the rear of the auditorium. He took a roll of bills from his pocket, $500, and gave them all to me, saying, ‘This is my first tithe.’

“The man was not well, and he had done nothing but gamble for 30 or 40 years, so I said, ‘How are you going to live?’

“He replied, ‘I have only five or six dollars left, but this other belongs to God.’

“Then I asked, ‘What will you do?’

“‘I don’t know,’ he answered, ‘but I know that I must pay my tithe to God, and He will take care of me.’

“And God certainly did. The man’s repentance was sincere. He went all the way in his consecration and was happy in his Christian life. And God provided for him to the day of his death.”

God does not promise that all faithful believers will grow rich. But we have the assurance that our Maker will supply life’s necessities. Christ gave everything for us. Let’s give our hearts completely to Him now. Discover the joy of sharing Christ with others and of growing in His wonderful grace.

Dear Father: I thank You for Your promise of joyful living. Thank You for Your grace and Your love which enable me to grow. Help me share You in the way I live, give, and act. May I always let Jesus live His perfect life in me. Keep me ready until Jesus comes. In the name of Jesus I pray. Amen.