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Title: The Blessed Giver
Author: Marion Clark
Text: Proverbs 11:24-31
Introduction
Name that movie. It is Christmas Eve. The house is packed with friends. People are placing money on a table. A soldier makes his way through the crowd and offers a toast: "To George, the richest man in town."
It's a Wonderful Life does a great job of portraying the message of our passage through the life of George Baily. A life spent blessing others reaps a treasury of blessing.
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The Giver
One gives freely, yet grows all the richer;
another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.
25 Whoever brings blessing will be enriched,
and one who waters will himself be watered.
26 The people curse him who holds back grain,
but a blessing is on the head of him who sells it.
27 Whoever diligently seeks good seeks favor,
but evil comes to him who searches for it.
The lesson is easy enough to follow. Those who are generous toward their neighbors will be blessed. Kindness pays. The blessing may be from God who controls circumstances and sees that whatever is given is given back and more. The blessing may be from the neighbors who reciprocate doing a good turn and who think well of their generous neighbor.
Giving generously is good. The giving might be money. It includes sharing possessions such as clothing, food, tools; perhaps food grown or cooked, a homemade craft.
The giver likes to give. It is always a goodwill gesture. The giving is not done in order to store up favors. Verse 27 notes that the one who seeks good (doing good) seeks favor. Its lesson is that those who naturally do good will win favor, that is, a good reputation with all the benefits that go with it.
Verse 26 upholds, not generosity but fairness, as it moves to the marketplace. The context is that of a farmer or grain-broker who stores up grain waiting for the crisis that will spike the prices he demands. Grain is a life-sustenance product. ...
Author: Marion Clark
Text: Proverbs 11:24-31
Introduction
Name that movie. It is Christmas Eve. The house is packed with friends. People are placing money on a table. A soldier makes his way through the crowd and offers a toast: "To George, the richest man in town."
It's a Wonderful Life does a great job of portraying the message of our passage through the life of George Baily. A life spent blessing others reaps a treasury of blessing.
Text
The Giver
One gives freely, yet grows all the richer;
another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.
25 Whoever brings blessing will be enriched,
and one who waters will himself be watered.
26 The people curse him who holds back grain,
but a blessing is on the head of him who sells it.
27 Whoever diligently seeks good seeks favor,
but evil comes to him who searches for it.
The lesson is easy enough to follow. Those who are generous toward their neighbors will be blessed. Kindness pays. The blessing may be from God who controls circumstances and sees that whatever is given is given back and more. The blessing may be from the neighbors who reciprocate doing a good turn and who think well of their generous neighbor.
Giving generously is good. The giving might be money. It includes sharing possessions such as clothing, food, tools; perhaps food grown or cooked, a homemade craft.
The giver likes to give. It is always a goodwill gesture. The giving is not done in order to store up favors. Verse 27 notes that the one who seeks good (doing good) seeks favor. Its lesson is that those who naturally do good will win favor, that is, a good reputation with all the benefits that go with it.
Verse 26 upholds, not generosity but fairness, as it moves to the marketplace. The context is that of a farmer or grain-broker who stores up grain waiting for the crisis that will spike the prices he demands. Grain is a life-sustenance product. ...
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