Abundance

Your abundance will supply what they need.
2 Corinthians 8:14
School cafeterias, like large catering businesses, often prepare more food than is consumed simply because they cannot perfectly predict the need, and leftover food is sadly wasted. Yet there are many children who do not have enough food to eat at home and who go hungry at weekends. One London council partnered with a local non-profit-making charity to find a solution. They packaged up the leftovers from the schools to send home with the children, simultaneously addressing the problems of both food waste and hunger.
While most people would not look at an abundance of money as a problem the way we do with wasted food, the principal behind the school’s leftover food project is the same as what Paul suggests in his letter to the Corinthians. He knew the churches in Macedonia were experiencing hardship, so he asked the church in Corinth to use their “plenty” to “supply what they need(ed)” (2 Corinthians 8:14). His objective was to bring equality among the churches, so none had too much while others were suffering.
Paul did not want the Corinthian believers to be impoverished by their giving, but to empathise with and be generous to the Macedonians, recognising that at some point in the future they too were likely to need similar help. When we see others in need, let us evaluate whether we might have something to share. Our giving, however large or small, will never be a waste! Nothing done in the Lord's name is ever a waste.
Bible Reading
2 Corinthians 8:13–15
Prayer
Heavenly Father, please awaken me to the needs of others so I might give of the resources You have given me. When I am in need, help me to trust You to provide through those who also love You. In Christ's name. Amen.
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