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Daily Devotion — Romans 12:6–8 — The Spiritual Gift of Giving
The gift of giving, like the gift of ministry, is another gift that everyone is happy to have around. The people who are blessed with this gift recognize that all they have is from the Lord and, therefore, have the supernatural ability to hold it loosely and to share it gladly. Oftentimes (though definitely not always), those who are gifted with giving have been given much by the Lord, and they are cognizant of how they can use it to bless His body.
Not only do they give, but they give with liberality!
They give and give and give.
Let me commence with a couple of thoughts on the gift of giving.
Giving Freely
First, the possessor of this gift freely gives. To freely give means that you give without expecting anything in return. Givers don’t need their names posted anywhere or don’t need to be granted voting power on the board of a church, for example. Barnhouse once said, “Let there be no alloy of self-seeking in the coin of our gift.” These givers see God’s blessings in their lives as a means to bless others, therefore, the self-seeking thought is never present in their altruistic gift.
