As His child I have more reason to obey than the servant. I also have more to be joyful about .As my work is for my Father Whom I love and He loves me. To allow this relationship to develop I obey Him. Knowing at all times He is aware of what I am doing and if I need help, all I need do is ask.
He tells me to give . Not as the world gives. As He gives. Two things here are very evident. One: I will need a new nature . Two: I will need to be involved with other people.
In Chuck Smith's book LIVING WATER he so clearly shares about the spiritual gift of giving .
As a little child who was just taught : this is what you do. I have found it hard to stop giving as a little child. There certainly can be a more mature way to give. It involves more than just counting out your money at the end of the week and giving a tenth.
Probably the first step to a more mature giving is realizing that the money you are counting out is not yours, but your Father's. It seems like soon after that you realize that everything is your Father's. Time , people , places and things all are His.
Then comes accepting that it is all His to do with as He pleases. Probably a life long challenge, as I find after I am able to accept this truth to all that applies to me, I turn around and find : here is more .
When He reminds me that people are His and not mine for the keeping I have found this poem in Charles Swindoll's book GRACE AWAKENING very helpful.
To "Let Go" Takes Love
To "let go" does not mean to stop caring, it means that I can't do it for someone else.
To "let go" is not to cut myself off, it is the realization that I can't control another.
To "let go" is not to enable, but to allow learning from natural consequences.
To "let go" is to admit powerlessness, which means the outcome is not in my hands.
To "let go" is not to try to change or blame another, it is to make the most of myself.
To "let go" is not care for, but to be supportive.
To "let go" is not to judge, but to allow another to be a human being.
To "let go" is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes but to allow others to effect their own destinies.
To "let go" is not to be protective, it is to permit another to face reality.
To "let go" is not to deny, but to accept.
To "let go" is not to nag, scold, or argue, but instead to search out my own shortcomings and to correct them.
To "let go" is not to adjust everything to my desires but to take each day as it comes, and to cherish myself in it.
To "let go" is not to criticize and regulate anybody but to try to become what I dream I can be.
To "let go" is not to regret the past, but to grow and to live for the future.
To "let go" is to fear less and to love more.
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