Exodus 35:22 KJV
And they came, both men and women, as many as
were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and
tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of
gold unto the LORD.
The Bible says
that:
- Though giving was to
be willingly
- Every man and woman
gave of what they had and
- All of them got
involved in the work of the Tabernacle too
- Those who had gold
gave gold
- Those who had silver
gave silver
- Those who has skins
gave skins
- Those who had dye gave
dye
- Those who had wood
gave wood
Every person
gave willingly of what they had.
And that on a
fixed income. They were in the wilderness. They had no way of replacing what
they gave; they had no means of increasing their substance. As far as they
knew, what they had was what they would have. They didn't even have a
means of replacing their shoes and clothing except that God kept them from
wearing out.
Their only
prospect of doing better than they were doing currently rested on the promise
of God to give them Canaan .
And it is that promise
upon which we may freely and willingly give unto the Lord.
- A person may feel like
they have little to give
- A person may believe
that whatever they give to the Lord is given away, there is no means to
replace it
That's ok. We
give not on our own ability to replace our gift but on God's promise – “Give and it shall be given
unto you, good measure pressed down shaken together and running over...”[1]
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