A Paradigm Shift - God's Model of Giving

Reveal Community Church

Join Pastor Larry McGinnis as he shares the second message in a series on changing your paradigm and looking at God's kingdom model of giving. That word GIVE means to freely transfer something of value to another without expecting or receiving anything in return. REAL GIVING – God’s way – is not about what you get. Matthew 6:21 says “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” TREASURE here is STUFF laid up, stored up, invested in - what you value and put your money into. But the root word for treasure is a horizontal posture, to bow down or kneel – to put something in a place you bow to – to worship, kneel before. The word heart means feelings, affections, thoughts, desires, thoughts, choices – it’s to tie our SOUL to something -- to literally give your time, attention, resources and your affections to that thing. That’s worship! To devote yourself – bow down to - to give your heart to what or whom you treasure or value. God's model of giving is to freely give our worship to Him, before anything else, and not to bow to money or whatever we are investing our lives into, but He wants us to invest in Him!