the most generous gift

Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!

2 Corinthians 9:15

Grateful hearts are truly generous. When preparing a church to generously support the spread of the gospel to provide help for the hurting, Paul is confident that the Corinthians will give. And it is part of their worship of Jesus to do so. Generous giving flows from hearts that in gratitude realize that God has already been the most extravagant Giver through Christ to give us His inexpressible gift. God is the most generous. The gift of salvation by Jesus Christ is the inexpressible gift Paul shares in this praise. We could never give as God does. But we can give with joyful gratitude for what God gives.

This is a gospel-motivated generosity. This gratitude motives us to invest our lives in the power of the saving grace that transforms the hearts of all who believe. It is the gospel that will change lives in our world. It is the gift of Jesus’ saving life that will change lives forever. He brings peace in a traumatic situation. He bring power to the weak. He brings transformation to the troubled. And that inexplicable love (it really is mind-blowing and breath-taking in its scope and power) will eternally be our portion and our purpose. Thank God for His generous, inexplicably wonderful gift!

Lord,

May I love in this kind of love… love as I live this life… and give my all in the appreciative apprehension of the wonder of Your great gift in Jesus!

Amen