The blessing of giving is receiving

Is there any such thing as knowing how to give but not knowing how to receive? Receiving is just as important as giving. If you give, the reward or the blessing of giving is receiving.

The process may begin with you giving but not end until you receive. Some people though, do not know how to receive. If you learn to give, then you must learn how to receive.

Look at giving as a farmer planting his seed and then receiving as the farmer harvesting. No farmer plants and allows his harvest to go to waste.

"Not that I seek or am eager for [your] gift, but I do seek and am eager for the fruit which increases to your credit [the harvest of blessing that is accumulating to your account]". (Phil.4.17)

When you give, a harvest of blessings is accumulating in your account. When you give, expect to receive. Jesus said it thus: "Give and it shall be given unto you..." (see Luke:6:38) The blessing of giving is receiving. What is the use of giving if you do not receive? David asked the soldiers, what the reward of killing Goliath would be. He knew how to receive after he gave of himself. (see 1 Sam 17) Hebrew 12:2 tells us that Jesus, for the joy that was set before him, despised the shame. He knew that he was going to receive joy. Knowing what you will receive makes it easier to let go of what is in your hand. He did not give to be seen but he was seen to give. 

When Israel gave in the wilderness when they were to build the tabernacle, because they knew how to receive and indeed received, they kept bringing to the point Moses had to restrain the people from bringing. It was only because they were receiving as they gave. 

"And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing." (Exod.36.6) 

Receiving is important. Give and you shall receive

Good day,
And have a great day today,
EmmA (aka Mr. Lift)
@Liftemmag

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