{"id":252,"date":"2015-04-07T14:31:34","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T14:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/?p=252"},"modified":"2015-05-28T18:49:43","modified_gmt":"2015-05-28T18:49:43","slug":"his-indescribable-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/his-indescribable-gift\/","title":{"rendered":"His Indescribable Gift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nativeleader.org\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-211 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/Native-Leader-Banner-2-300x161.jpg\" alt=\"Native Leader Banner 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\" style=\"color: #3a4459;text-align: center\">by\u00a0<a style=\"color: #3a4459\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nativeleader.org\/eugene-west\/\">Eugene West<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #3a4459\">\nI love 2 Corinthians 9, especially verses 6-15. This passage is full\u00a0of helpful admonition on the subject of giving!<\/p>\n<p>In verse 6, we are told that if we sow &#8220;sparingly&#8221; we will also &#8220;reap\u00a0sparingly&#8221;, and if we sow &#8220;bountifully&#8221; we will also &#8220;reap\u00a0bountifully&#8221;. It can&#8217;t get any simpler than this. But we often see our<br \/>\ngifts as going into some black hole, instead of into good soil that\u00a0will bring forth fruit in abundance!<\/p>\n<p>Verse 7 admonishes us to give cheerfully, &#8220;not grudgingly or under\u00a0compulsion&#8221;, but just as we have purposed in our heart to give. God\u00a0wants our giving to come out of the overflow of the joy and the\u00a0passion that we have for Christ!<\/p>\n<p>Verses 8-10 show us that it is God Himself that provides everything\u00a0that we have anyways. Who are we to fret, or to hoard what we have\u00a0been given freely by His grace? God, the ultimate supplier, is He who\u00a0will &#8220;multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your<br \/>\nrighteousness&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Verses 11-14 show us that all of these things (God supplying all our\u00a0needs as we rely on Him and give generously to one another) work to\u00a0produce thanksgiving to God from everyone involved! In verse 14\u00a0especially we see that the receiver of the gift (the church in\u00a0Jerusalem) is praying for the giver of the gift (the Corinthians) and\u00a0is &#8220;yearning&#8221; for them because of the surpassing grace of God\u00a0manifested and proved by their generosity and love.<\/p>\n<p>Verse 15 sums it all up beautifully (an understatement if there ever\u00a0was one!) by reminding us that every gift ultimately comes from and\u00a0points to Jesus Christ, the giver of all good things.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; by\u00a0Eugene West I love 2 Corinthians 9, especially verses 6-15. This passage is full\u00a0of helpful admonition on the subject of giving! In verse 6, we are told that if&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-252","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-world-missions","7":"entry"},"title_es":"","content_es":"","author_name":"","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb62Ar-44","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}