Monday Devo
Scripture:
2 Corinthians 9:10
10 For God is the one who provides seed for the farmer and then bread to eat. In the same way, he will provide and increase your resources and then produce a great harvest of generosity in you.
10 For God is the one who provides seed for the farmer and then bread to eat. In the same way, he will provide and increase your resources and then produce a great harvest of generosity in you.
Commentary:
9:10 The promise that God will increase the harvest should not be understood in material terms but in terms of increasing your righteousness. Thus the quoted OT texts (Isa. 55:10; Hos. 10:12) refer specifically to the provision of God’s word for the redemption of his people. God’s promise is that he will use his people and their resources as instruments of his grace for the salvation of others.
Questions:
- In verse 10, Paul uses the example of a farmer. God provides not only for his immediate physical needs in the form of a harvest of grain for his daily bread, but also for his future needs in the form of seed for NEXT year's planting. The Corinthians may have financial resources at this point in time, but there is no guarantee from God that will continue. What they CAN be assured of is that God will sustain His people by meeting their needs in Himself while at the same time providing for them FOR THE SAKE OF OTHERS. God supplies seed, and even increases it, so that we can be generous! He blesses us, not to enrich our lives, but so we can bless others. As God has blessed you more and more, has it resulted in greater and greater generosity?
- God's promise is that He will use His people and their resources as instruments of His grace for the salvation of others. Do you think of yourself as an instrument of His grace? What would it look like if you truly believed your generosity was an instrument that could be used for the salvation of others? How might that affect your attitude towards giving?
Pray:
- That you would continue to increase in generosity.
- That you would learn to see yourself and your giving as an instrument of His grace.
This Week's City 7:
Try to commit to memory!
2. Are there sources outside the Bible that confirm the Biblical account of Jesus’ resurrection from the dead? Many Roman and Jewish historians have confirmed that the apostles died as martyrs for preaching that they saw Jesus risen from the grave. No one dies for something they know to be a lie.
(Luke 1:1-4; Acts 26:26; 1 John 1:1-4, Josephus, Clement, Hegesippus, Tertullian, Origen, Polycarp)
(Luke 1:1-4; Acts 26:26; 1 John 1:1-4, Josephus, Clement, Hegesippus, Tertullian, Origen, Polycarp)
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