Open Your Hand to the Poor

7If there is among you anyone in need, a member of your community in any of your towns within the land that the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hard-hearted or tight-fisted toward your needy neighbor. 8You should rather open your hand, willingly lending enough to meet the need, whatever it may be. 9Be careful that you do not entertain a mean thought, thinking, “The seventh year, the year of remission, is near,” and therefore view your needy neighbor with hostility and give nothing; your neighbor might cry to the Lord against you, and you would incur guilt. 10Give liberally and be ungrudging when you do so, for on this account the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake. 11Since there will never cease to be some in need on the earth, I therefore command you, “Open your hand to the poor and needy neighbor in your land.” (Deuteronomy 15:7-11, NRSV)

If we have something and someone is in need of that we need to give to them. We should not withhold because it is about the time to forgive debts, or because we think they can not payback. We were given when we needed and we have been blessed and so we should be a blessing for others.

It is not our place to judge another heart or position but to love as God has loved us. When we did not deserve it.

Therefore freely give as you have been freely given.

Published by asacredrebel

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