heart of giving

One of the areas that God has been challenging me these days is to give. Not only give, but to give out of inconveniences. It's easy to give when it's convenient, but it's hard to give when it's inconvenient. How to give when you don't have enough even for yourself ? when you need it for your own stuff? It's very challenging for me, to give whether in terms of money, time or effort. It's so easy to give when I have lots of money, lots of time, goyang kaki at home with nothing to do but I don't like to give when it causes pain to me. I remember Pr. Kenneth shared this in his sermon, God didn't look at how much you put in the offering bag, He looks at how much is left in your bank. God looks at your heart. It's not what you do in your good times that will test you, but the things that you do in your hard times that will test you. Circumstances don't break or mould a person, it just reveals who you are. We are still able to give when we don't have enough because His grace is enough for each and everyone of us :)

While Jesus was in the Temple, he watched the rich people dropping their gifts in the collection box. Then a poor widow came by and dropped in two small coins. “I tell you the truth,” Jesus said, “this poor widow has given more than all the rest of them.For they have given a tiny part of their surplus, but she, poor as she is, has given everything she has.” Luke 21:1-4