The Pattern of Christ
The Pattern of Christ
Thursday
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.
— 2 Corinthians 8:9 (ESV)
— 2 Corinthians 8:9 (ESV)
Here is the pattern for all Christian giving: Jesus Christ Himself. He was rich beyond all measure—the eternal Son of God, the Word who spoke galaxies into being, the heir of all things. And yet for your sake and mine, He became poor. He was born in a borrowed stable, lived without a place to lay His head, and died upon a Roman cross with nothing to His name but the seamless robe the soldiers gambled away.
And why? So that we, by His poverty, might become rich—rich in grace, rich in mercy, rich in eternal life. The cross is the great pattern of giving. Every time we give to God's work, we are walking, however faintly, in the footsteps of the One who gave Himself for us.
And why? So that we, by His poverty, might become rich—rich in grace, rich in mercy, rich in eternal life. The cross is the great pattern of giving. Every time we give to God's work, we are walking, however faintly, in the footsteps of the One who gave Himself for us.
Pray:
Jesus, thank You for becoming poor for me. Help me to give in a way that reflects, however dimly, Your great gift to me.
Jesus, thank You for becoming poor for me. Help me to give in a way that reflects, however dimly, Your great gift to me.
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