Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."
What's the measure of your giving? Why is there a measure for your giving? This same measure of your giving, will be the measure of your receiving. Giving and receiving goes together. You cannot separate them. Your giving determines your receiving. If you are in the habit of receiving always but never giving, there will come a time when you will lose everything suddenly. It's receiving that makes you greedy, not giving. You always felt that you had the right to receive without giving. It doesn't work that way with the LORD. With the LORD, it's more blessed to give than to receive. It's a great test to give beyond what you have received. Can you really give beyond what you have received? Yes, it's possible! This is when your receiving runs over. Please, we are not talking of money here! Why do you always have to center your thoughts on money. Do you know that you have made 'Money' your God, whenever you equate this particular verse above with it? This verse isn't referring to "Money'. Can you for once just take your mind off 'Money' here? If it isn't referring to 'Money', what is it referring to then? It's your life! Your life is more precious than 'Money'. It's your life that you must give up for full Christformation. The perfect example of this is, the Lord Jesus Christ. No one can give up his or her life like He did! Next, the twelve apostles, (minus Judas Iscariot while adding apostle Paul to the list) also followed suit to this kind of giving up and giving. They became like their Master, Teacher and Redeemer, in giving up their lives for making known Christ to everyone with the power of God the Holy Spirit in them. Today, we are witnessing bogus giving of some! Bogus people with bogus standards of giving. Have you really received anything from God? If you have, then why is your behavior so despicable and incorrigible? They 'give up' their lives just to 'receive' and boast that they have 'given' sacrificially. That earns them the right to 'receive' more, so they fight for their rights! If this is the measure you use, it will be measured to you in the same way, in time to come. Finally, it will be how much you have given up your life for full Christformation in you and not anything else. The more you give up pleasing the sinful nature of the Devil in you, the divine nature of Christ will be formed in an increasing manner within your born again spirit. Have you done just that?
Mark 4:24-25
"Consider carefully what you hear," he continued. "With the measure you use, it will be measured to you--and even more. Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him."
