“Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you..” (Luke 6:38). 

Giving enables us to see the dimensions and depths of the love of our Lord Jesus Christ. Without personal sacrifice, we merely theorize rather than experience what He offers us so freely. It is impossible to understand the dynamics of His message and the glory of His life without participating with Him in releasing those things left in our hands to manage. The Holy Spirit will direct us to channel all things to acquire the greatest benefit. True freedom is freedom from the bondage of sin bred in selfishness. What we have held too closely too has hindered the Lord from giving full expression of Himself to us. A freedom not yet experienced borne out of a need within us remains unmet. We were created to respond to God’s initiative in giving. None of what we manage is able to save our souls, even though in the past we may have thought it would. True surrender is giving oneself completely to God. Only then is He given permission to direct us towards what is most important to Him. Today, what can you give that you thought that you could not do without? What or who is in need of your support that you might have thought was self-sufficient? Where is the Lord directing you that you would otherwise never go? Unless you break free from the binding shackles of your familiar, life for you will always be the same. There is a new place for you, a place of complete deliverance. You get there by receiving the gift of God which will enable you to give beyond your former level of giving. That would have otherwise been impossible. It is through sacrifice that we too are delivered from the bondage of the sins which are bred in selfishness. What have we hoarded or held too closely, not allowing God room enough to give full expression of Himself to us in those areas of our lives? There is a freedom not yet experienced because there is a need within us left unmet; that is, to release freely what we held onto with the thought that it could bring about salvation of the soul and mind and free us from the conditions that we are facing. Surrender is giving oneself away to God completely. Today, what can you give that you thought that you could not do without. What is or who is in need of your support that you might have thought to be self-sufficient? Where is the Lord directing you that you would otherwise never go? Unless you break free from the binding shackles of your familiar life, you will always be the same. There is a new place for you, a place of complete deliverance. You get there by receiving the gift of God which will enable you to give what you would have never been able to give before.