Now I want you to know, dear brothers and sisters, what God in his kindness has done through the churches in Macedonia. They are being tested by many troubles, and they are very poor. But they are also filled with abundant joy, which has overflowed in rich generosity.

2 Corinthians 8:1-2 NLT

Generosity doesn't come from having plenty, having lots to spare or give away, Generosity comes from a heart that holds joy despite its circumstances, despite difficult times, despite the the things that seem testing. 

Generosity is an attitude, a stance, a way of being in the world. 

I wonder if Paul was writing to someone about my church, about me, what he would say that overflows from me?

It could be anything, right?Generosity is what he saw in the churches in Macedonia but what would he have to say about mine, about the churches in my area, about us?

Paul holds his people in Corinth with care, dear brothers and sisters, this is not a guilt trip or a telling off, but an invitation into living out God's grace in a testing and difficult world, and that invitation is for us too, to live out God's grace in the world we are in.

Today.

Together. 

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