God wants HIS children to be what HE was the example of, helping the poor. (Acts 20:35) We are told that, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” In this life, there will be family, friends, and neighbors given to us that we may build into their lives, and they build into ours.
For everything God has said and done, the devil has tried to highjack and put his own counterfeit spin. The evil one has convinced many to receive rather than give. The world is full of crooks, influenced by the devil; they will rob good people of their possessions, without any sense of guilt. It has gotten so bad; they take advantage of the weakest, poorest, and most vulnerable within society.
(Psalm 82:3) Those who are children of the most high God are instructed to “defend the weak and the fatherless.” In an ever-shrinking world, what was once across the globe, is now our neighbor. The time is upon us that we are to build into the lives of those who are in the Body of Christ. Share what we have that our family can live and thrive in the world. Protect them from their oppressors, and be blessed for doing so.
God gives us the power of discernment. With that power, predictable people are easily discerned. The greedy think they are playing us, when they are actually playing themselves. Their persistent need to receive makes them easy targets for the Army of God. When they open their gluttonous mouths to consume another’s possessions, force-feed them until they vomit.
Prospering in life demands that we do the right thing, at the right time. Give of ourselves to those who are at risk of genocide and mass atrocities. By doing so, we ensure our own security and well-being.
Be blessed, give more, and thrive in life. For it is the calling of a great people, at such a time as now.
Acts 20:35
New International Version
35 “In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ” ”
Acts 20:35
King James Version
35 “I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.”
Acts 20:35
Living Bible
35 “And I was a constant example to you in helping the poor; for I remembered the words of the Lord Jesus, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” ”
Psalm 82:3
New International Version
3 “Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.”
Psalm 82:3
King James Version
3 “Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.”
Psalm 82:3
Living Bible
3 “Give fair judgment to the poor man, the afflicted, the fatherless, the destitute.”