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9:1 Now it is superfluous for me to write to you about the ministry for the saints, 2 for I know your readiness, of which I boast about you to the people of Macedonia, saying that Achaia has been ready since last year. And your zeal has stirred up most of them. 3 But I am sending1 the brothers so that our boasting about you may not prove empty in this matter, so that you may be ready, as I said you would be. 4 Otherwise, if some Macedonians come with me and find that you are not ready, we would be humiliated—to say nothing of you—for being so confident. 5 So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance for the gift2 you have promised, so that it may be ready as a willing gift, not as an exaction.3
6 The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully4 will also reap bountifully. 7 Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency5 in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work. 9 As it is written,
“He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor;
his righteousness endures forever.”
10 He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness. 11 You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God. 12 For the ministry of this service is not only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many thanksgivings to God. 13 By their approval of this service, they6 will glorify God because of your submission that comes from your confession of the gospel of Christ, and the generosity of your contribution for them and for all others, 14 while they long for you and pray for you, because of the surpassing grace of God upon you. 15 Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!
[1] 9:3
[2] 9:5
[3] 9:5
[4] 9:6
[5] 9:8
[6] 9:13
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Whenever I ride I wear my Road ID "just in case." I pray every ride that I'll never need it, but should a crash or colision occur, I want the first responders to be able to identify me and get appropriate medical help, as well as contact my family. But there's another reason I wear my Road ID. On the reverse side is a Bible passage, Philipians 4:13: "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." It helps me in the midst of a long ride, when I'm climbing a steep hill, or fighting a fierce headwind to remember that verse. Christ does give me strength to go on when I remember his promise.
I thought of that verse when I read 2 Corinthians 9 this morning. That chapter contains another of my many all time favorite Bible passages, verse 8: "And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work." Paul uses the same Greek root, pas in one form or another five times in this one verse. ALL the grace, in ALL things, at ALL times, ALL that you need, for ALL the good works of God! What a promise!
Our strength is rarely sufficient for everything we need to do, for everthing God would have us do. I think of Steven Curtis Chapman's song: "His strength is perfect when our strength is gone. He'll carry us when we can't carry on. Raised in his power the weak become strong. His strength is perfect." Or Paul's words in 2 Corithians 12:10: "That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong."
It's a good thing to realize how weak we really are, for only then will we truly depend on God's strength. SCC puts it thie way: "His strength in us begins where ours comes to an end. He hears our humble cries and proves again, His strength is perfect." It makes sense that God would come through with the strength we need over and over again. "For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do" (Ephesians 2:10).
What is God asking of you today that you just don't have strength for? Forgive someone who's hurt you? Serve an ungrateful family member in love? Complete an impossibly difficult assignment? Resist the pull of that website you know you shouldn't visit? Find time to help a neighbor in need when you don't have time to get your own work done? Whatever it might be, remember this promise. ALL the grace, in ALL things, at ALL times, ALL that you need, for ALL the good works of God! Could there be a better promise for today?
43:1 But now thus says the LORD,
he who created you, O Jacob,
he who formed you, O Israel:
“Fear not, for I have redeemed you;
I have called you by name, you are mine.
2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;
when you walk through fire you shall not be burned,
and the flame shall not consume you.
3 For I am the LORD your God,
the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.
I give Egypt as your ransom,
Cush and Seba in exchange for you.
4 Because you are precious in my eyes,
and honored, and I love you,
I give men in return for you,
peoples in exchange for your life.
5 Fear not, for I am with you;
I will bring your offspring from the east,
and from the west I will gather you.
6 I will say to the north, Give up,
and to the south, Do not withhold;
bring my sons from afar
and my daughters from the end of the earth,
7 everyone who is called by my name,
whom I created for my glory,
whom I formed and made.”
8 Bring out the people who are blind, yet have eyes,
who are deaf, yet have ears!
9 All the nations gather together,
and the peoples assemble.
Who among them can declare this,
and show us the former things?
Let them bring their witnesses to prove them right,
and let them hear and say, It is true.
10 “You are my witnesses,” declares the LORD,
“and my servant whom I have chosen,
that you may know and believe me
and understand that I am he.
Before me no god was formed,
nor shall there be any after me.
11 I, I am the LORD,
and besides me there is no savior.
12 I declared and saved and proclaimed,
when there was no strange god among you;
and you are my witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and I am God.
13 Also henceforth I am he;
there is none who can deliver from my hand;
I work, and who can turn it back?”
14 Thus says the LORD,
your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
“For your sake I send to Babylon
and bring them all down as fugitives,
even the Chaldeans, in the ships in which they rejoice.
15 I am the LORD, your Holy One,
the Creator of Israel, your King.”
16 Thus says the LORD,
who makes a way in the sea,
a path in the mighty waters,
17 who brings forth chariot and horse,
army and warrior;
they lie down, they cannot rise,
they are extinguished, quenched like a wick:
18 “Remember not the former things,
nor consider the things of old.
19 Behold, I am doing a new thing;
now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?
I will make a way in the wilderness
and rivers in the desert.
20 The wild beasts will honor me,
the jackals and the ostriches,
for I give water in the wilderness,
rivers in the desert,
to give drink to my chosen people,
21 the people whom I formed for myself
that they might declare my praise.
22 “Yet you did not call upon me, O Jacob;
but you have been weary of me, O Israel!
23 You have not brought me your sheep for burnt offerings,
or honored me with your sacrifices.
I have not burdened you with offerings,
or wearied you with frankincense.
24 You have not bought me sweet cane with money,
or satisfied me with the fat of your sacrifices.
But you have burdened me with your sins;
you have wearied me with your iniquities.
25 “I, I am he
who blots out your transgressions for my own sake,
and I will not remember your sins.
26 Put me in remembrance; let us argue together;
set forth your case, that you may be proved right.
27 Your first father sinned,
and your mediators transgressed against me.
28 Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary,
and deliver Jacob to utter destruction
and Israel to reviling.
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Precious words of promise begin this chapter, words that have become dear to believers throughout all time: "But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: "Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine." The God who created us has also saved us to make us His very own. God promises to be with us and never to forsake us, even though we go through severe difficulties like fire or flood. God reminds Israel that He actually rearranged nations on the stage of history for the sake of His people. God promises that after His people have been scattered He will gather them once again, for the sake of His glory. God tells His people that they are His witnesses to the nations of His divine power at work. He says, "I, I am the Lord, and besides me there is no savior." These words were echoed by Peter when He said of Jesus, "Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved."(Acts 4:12) God's sovereign power, which none can reverse, is at work to save His own. God tells His people that He is doing a new thing, which would culminate in the work of God's Son. God reminds His people that He did not burden them with excessive demands for offerings or sacrifices, but he tells them, "you have burdened me with your sins; you have wearied me with your iniquities." This literally came true when Christ took our sins upon Himself on the cross. "Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows." (Isaiah 53:4) But as a result, God says to us: "I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins." Nevertheless, Isaiah warns that God people will suffer for their rebellion, that Jacob would be destroyed because of their sin, before the time of restoration and redemption through the Promised Messiah.
16 For I said, “Only let them not rejoice over me,
who boast against me when my foot slips!”
17 For I am ready to fall,
and my pain is ever before me.
18 I confess my iniquity;
I am sorry for my sin.
19 But my foes are vigorous, they are mighty,
and many are those who hate me wrongfully.
20 Those who render me evil for good
accuse me because I follow after good.
21 Do not forsake me, O LORD!
O my God, be not far from me!
22 Make haste to help me,
O Lord, my salvation!
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