Scatter among the poor...Psalm 112

I have been challenged lately by God's intentions of blessing, when he chose Israel. God was going to bless them so he could then bless the world through them.

During this season of difficulty for most, we now find ourselves with excess. My initial response was to stock it away like a squirrel storing for the winter but I believe God had blessed us to be a blessing to those in need around us. God brought up specific needs in proportion to the excess we came across.  In confirmation of this, Heather and I came across Psalm 112 which speaks of the righteous, God fearing man. Verse 9 describes how "[the righteous man] has scattered his gifts among the poor". 

I long to be righteous and I love to scatter. My hope is that we all hold on to Christ a little tighter and hold looser to the things he has blessed us with. That we find our hope and security in our peace with God rather than the things he has entrusted us with. 

We may be holding on to something as our own that God had intentioned as a blessing for those around us and entrusted us with the task of giving. May we always be eager to scatter gifts among the poor...