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Sowing Generously: A Reflection on 2 Corinthians 9:6
In this episode, we meditate on 2 Corinthians 9:6 and explore the … (visit YouTube for more)
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How do we transform our society and our culture? Let’s meditate on 2 Corinthians 9, verse 6. The point is this, whoever sows sparingly, will also reap sparingly. And whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
Now let’s be really clear at the start. What we’re not preaching here is a gospel of prosperity. We’re not saying that in order to accumulate lots of stuff, you have to give lots of stuff away.
There are too many examples in the Bible of people renouncing earthly possessions, of storing up treasure in heaven. So we know that this can’t be what Paul’s driving at.
What he’s driving at, I think, is that our attitudes need to be generous. Because if we have generous attitudes, we will propagate generosity around us.
Some generosity will be reciprocated. Some generosity will come from other directions completely. If we are more generous with our material goods, with our wealth, with our time, with our love, with our kindness, then this will create that effect all around us.
The metaphor here is agricultural. What we sow grows. If we sow generosity, if we sow love, that will be reproduced around us. To reap a bountiful harvest, we must sow bountifully. Does that make sense?
God has put things in our hands for us to use for his glory and for his kingdom. Let’s do that.
Father God, you have sown bountifully into us. You have given us the Holy Spirit, the best gift to grow his fruit in our lives, in our character. May we also now sow bountifully around us with the generosity that you have shown us. Amen.
