Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you
have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness, while you are enriched in everything for all
liberality, which causes thanksgiving through us to God. 2 Corinthians 9:10, 11, NKJV.
As we are continually receiving the blessings of God, so are we to be continually giving. When the
heavenly Benefactor ceases to give to us, then we may be excused; for we shall have nothing to
bestow. God has never left us without evidence of His love, in that He did us good. He gives us rain
from heaven and fruitful seasons, providing us abundantly with His bounties, and filling our hearts
with gladness. He has declared that “while the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and
heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.”
We are sustained every moment by God’s care, and upheld by His power. He spreads our tables with
food. He gives us peaceful and refreshing sleep. Weekly He brings to us the Sabbath, that we may
rest from our temporal labors, and worship Him in His own house. He has given us His Word to be
a lamp to our feet and a light to our path. In its sacred pages we find the counsels of wisdom; and as
oft as we lift our hearts to Him in penitence and faith, He grants us the blessings of His grace.
Above all else is the infinite gift of God’s dear Son, through whom flow all other blessings for this
life and for the life to come.
Surely goodness and mercy attend us at every step. Not till we wish the infinite Father to cease
bestowing His gifts on us, should we impatiently exclaim, Is there no end of giving? Not only
should we faithfully render to God our tithes, which He claims as His own, but we should bring a
tribute to His treasury as an offering of gratitude. Let us with joyful hearts bring to our Creator the
first fruits of all His bounties—our choicest possessions, our best and holiest service.