Verse of the Day for November 24

Second Corinthians 9 is about money. Paul is asking a church to give generously for poor believers in Jerusalem, and he knows what fear will say first. If I give, I will not have enough.

So he spends the chapter answering that fear. He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you. He is not promising riches. He is promising that God will not leave a generous heart without what it needs to keep doing good.

Then, at the end, he simply runs out of words. Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift. Unspeakable here means too great to be described. He means Christ himself.

Fear always speaks about what you might lose. Gratitude answers with what you have already been given, and the greatest gift cannot even be measured, so it cannot be taken away.

Next time fear gets the first word, before the bill, at the hospital desk, when the school fees are due, let it speak, and then answer it with Paul's sentence. Out loud if you can.

Let fear have its sentence, then answer it with thanks.

The greatest gift you have cannot be put into words or taken from you.