Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. James 1:17
God,
Without You, I have nothing. Every good and perfect gift comes from You — but sometimes, I view the gifts You’ve given me as something I deserve. Sometimes I am tempted to hoard my wealth, time, and resources instead of sharing them with others. Ultimately, I know that I am blessed to be a blessing — so please help me wisely steward the gifts You’ve entrusted to me. Turn me into someone who lives — and gives — generously.
Amen.
Thanks to faithful Daily Meditations reader Randy Bury for sharing this prayer with me. I could not locate the author, so I am thanking him for sharing it. And that’s really what generosity is all about.
Randy was blessed by a gift and did not let the gift stop with him. That’s our temptation, to store rather than share blessings of all kinds. What have you received recently as a gift that you could also share?
And let us consider the implications of the Scripture to our generosity as well. The “Father of the heavenly lights” as James describes our good God provides us abundantly all that is good and perfect.
But what does light do? It casts shadows. It is ever changing. And yet, He is not. He is consistently good and perfect to us. This is the basis for all enjoyment and sharing: our Father is abundantly generous.
Father, make us generous as you are generous!