Episode 151 - The Right Kind of Giving

Welcome to Daily Growth Point, I’m Pastor John Bingham.Charles Gordon went to China as a volunteer to help lead the fight against the Taiping Rebellion. His great success won the gratitude of the Chinese government. They gave Gordon a special gold medal in honor of his service.When Gordon returned to England, there was a great famine throughout the land. He was burdened to help his own people, but being a poor man, the only thing of real value was his gold medal. He took the medal and hammered out the inscription carved into it and gave it to the treasurer with this note, “This is the secret of bliss — to give away your medal!”When we give without any expectation in return, that is when we are most blessed. If we are giving to get in return, you aren’t giving, you are trading. When we invest the resources God has entrusted to us in His work to help others, we are giving the way that God commands.