“Generosity is a matter of the heart. Our hearts limit our generosity or unleash it…When your heart muscle ceases to be generous, it’s called heart failure. Some would say you’ve suffered a heart attack. When that happens, if you don’t receive immediate medical attention, you’ll die.
The same is true with your spiritual heart. When you cease to be generous, you are suffering spiritual heart failure and, if you don’t receive immediate spiritual attention, you’re going to die.
Our hearts determine the limits or limitlessness of our generosity. If our hearts are right with God, do you think we’ll be generous? Absolutely. That’s what God created us for: to be generous. So, if you and I aren’t generous, what does that mean? At the very least, it means we’re having heart problems and we better do something about it.
Generosity is not a matter of money. Rather, it’s a matter of our hearts. More money won’t make anyone generous. Generosity is a matter of your heart, not your bank account.”
Barry Cameron in Contagious Generosity: The Key to Continuous Blessing (College Press, 2006) 99-101.
If it’s time for a heart check up, thankfully each of us can call on the Great Physician anytime. More than generosity is at stake. Our lives depend on it.