The Stretch: Trading Up

The mindset with which you approach your life determines who you become. We embrace generosity in our lives not to get something but to become like someone. In 1 Timothy, Paul is speaking to Timothy. It's an older man talking to a younger one and telling him about what's he's learned.
Pastor Michael Hoddy explains that we shouldn’t flee from money, we should flee from a toxic relationship with money. That type of relationship with money will lead you in the opposite direction of righteousness, Godliness, faith, love, endurance, and gentleness. There’s something so much bigger than this life that should shift our perspective on how we live this life. But it’s not just the bigness of the universe, it’s the bigness of God.
This video explains that it's important to remember that we should believe that God will bless us if we honor Him with our resources. But it won't necessarily be so we can trade up for more. If that's our mindset, we're likely to be disappointed. That's because we're stuck in this earthly mindset while still trying to do it with God.
We know we’re being generous when our feelings of inadequacy and insufficiency kick in. When it creates a hole that could’ve been filled with more of us, we’re being generous. What do we “get” when we become generous people? Maybe nothing. Maybe the only thing we “get” is becoming more like the God who gave of Himself, poured out Himself in His Son without any expectation of return.
Would that be enough for you?
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