Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 22:9 ESV: Whoever has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
Can you see what you have bountifully?
Do you trust that the LORD has given you something, a “bread” to give away? Our “bounties” may be different but they are bountiful. What have you been given?
Do you somehow think that what you have is less bountiful than those of others? They are not. What you have has been given by God for the express purpose of giving it away. We are not given our bounties to be hoarded. What you have is valuable and needed.
Look at your life’s experiences, your interests as bounty given to you by the Lord of Heaven. He will continue to give so trust in that and keep a bountiful eye and you will be blessed by sharing what you have.
Trust in the knowledge and Word of the LORD and know you have a unique bounty.
There are people poor in what you have, will you share it?
Today’s Prayer: Heavenly Father, thank You for Your Word. You do provide our daily bread and forgive me for when I do not share. I thank You for the bounty You have given me and I pray to give to those in need. I am thankful for Your Word and for the words provided through Solomon to remind me to keep my eye, my bountiful eye on You so I may give You to others. Amen
Tom Raines Jr
Affirmations of God
It is in our refusal to give that what we have wastes away. The only way to receive with the right hand is to give with the left.