'It is more blessed to give than to receive
It is more blessed to give than to receive
"Lord, behold, here is your pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin!" Luke 19:20
God does not like to bestow His blessings where they will be hoarded or selfishly accumulated. He loves to put His very best gifts into the hands of those who will not store them away in barns, or fold them up in napkins and hide them away. He puts songs into the hearts of those who will sing them out again.
This is the secret of that promise that to him that has, shall be given; and of that other little understood, little believed word of Christ, " It is more blessed to give than to receive ."
Heaven's blessing comes, not upon the receiving — but upon the dispensing . Men are good and great before God, not as they gather into their hands and hearts the abundant gifts of God, whether temporal or spiritual — but as their gathering augments their usefulness and makes them greater blessings to others.