God Loves a Cheerful Giver

It's always best to live the Word of God yourself rather 

than to study it from commentaries or experience 

vicariously thru someone else who’s giving a testimony. 

For example: One day I read the verse where Paul wrote 

how God loves a "cheerful" giver. So I prayed and asked 

God to allow me to yada (personally experience) that 

verse for myself. Then the day came when I was working, 

and I just had gotten back from the bank with an envelope 

full of bills. It was pay day. So there I went, driving down 

the road, when I saw an old man and an even older lady in 

a wheelchair. They were together and the guy was pushing 

her in the wheelchair. So I prayed and inquired with the Lord 

if this was someone I could help. So I pulled up to them and 

asked them about their situation. Turned out the man said he 

could use some help with extra bus fare. So I reached into my

envelope, intending to pull out one bill, but as I did, the Holy 

Spirit filled me and I started taking out bill after bill and 

handing it to him. He was blown away. And I was getting

overwhelmed by this point too. 

I tried explaining myself but as the seconds ticked away, tears 

and laughter started flowing as well. Thank God he was a 

believer too. Because I must have seemed like a madman that 

day. But it was all good. By the way, do you know the word 

that’s used for "cheerful" in the original greek?


 

It's hilaros - meaning to describe spontaneous non-reluctant 

giving. And do you know that's where we get our word 


"hilarious" from?
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I’m not sharing this to toot my own horn. I’m just 

posting this to make my point. 


That's the best way to discern what a truth or principle

is. By doing it.