'Jacob's Pure Motive.'
Genesis 33:11.
a) "Please take the present I've brought you,
b) Because God has been gracious to me
c) And has given me all that I need."
d) So Esau took it because Jacob insisted.
(Through this QT we find Jacob's Pure Motive)
PRAYER: That we will conduct our lives with pure motives.
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'Our Heavenly Father Knows.'
Matthew 6:32.
(This is extracted from the "Sermon on the Mount", where Jesus was teaching His Disciples)
a) For the Gentiles seek after all these things;
b) For your Heavenly Father knows
c) That you need all these things.
(This Second one makes me realise that Our Heavenly Father Knows)
PRAYER: To trust our Heavenly Father for our needs.
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Chris.
Both of these Scriptures today refer to the Grace and Love of God. We can see the fact of our omniscient Heavenly Father knows about our lives and our needs, but we also see God's Provision through human kindness. I do not think that we have a choice in how we receive God's Provision, the important thing is that we receive it as coming from Him.
Giving in a Biblical way brings release both to the giver and the receiver, we are not left with the feeling that we owe something. Giving in a manipulative way, to put it simply, destroys trust and, ultimately, destroys relationships.
When Jesus said "Give". He simply meant ... give, with no other motive at all.
