For God so loved the world he “gave”

For God so loved the world he “gave”.

We serve a giving God. We reflect his glory when we ourselves participate in giving. Sacrificial, heartfelt and genuine giving will make everyone around you better and bring great honor to God. In fact as a Christian broadcaster, I’ve thought about starting a Christmas radio format to run all 12 months of the year. Not just November and December, but all year round-to highlight the greatness and Godliness of giving.

Do you know anyone that doesn’t want to receive a gift?

Furthermore, everyone always says it’s the ‘giving’ that brings more enjoyment then the ‘getting’ – especially at Christmas time. But one may ask, what about motives? Do you give to get? The Bible says clearly, ‘The Lord loves a cheerful giver’. A true giver gives unconditionally from the heart and expects nothing in return.

Take a moment and think about giving from the perspective of the Divine. What do we have to offer God in return for is amazing gift of salvation to us? How can we ever repay Him? In His giving to us we have the essence of the Gospel. What a beautiful picture: A holy God pouring out lavish grace on undeserving, guilty sinners-Romans 5:8. Now that’s the gift that keeps on giving! Ultimately we’re compelled to be givers to experience God’s grace, to reflect His giving to our selfish, ‘taking’, self-serving world to our great and giving God & His wondrous gift of salvation.

So this year, 2015 & beyond let us be consumed with giving actively,proactively randomly. Remember, God gives to you so He can give through you.  Let us Pour everything we have and everything we are into the kingdom of God and the lives of other. Let us demonstrate and model the very God who loved us so much that he “gave”.

– Stuart Epperson Jr.