Generosity

He who has a generous eye will be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor. Proverbs 22:9 (NKJ)

While attending Christ for the Nations Institute in Dallas I served as a student ministry leader in the audio department. What that meant is that I worked to assure all services, classes, concerts, etc. had a sound engineers that met the needs of the faculty. It was not a glamorous job but I loved it. As a technician, most of the time you are in a back room somewhere out of sight.

It was there that God spoke to me and told me that Carol and I were to financially bless a different student each week. That was difficult because we were struggling ourselves financially. Each week I would sit in the dark control room and on the monitor as the cameras scanned the audience, one student would just stand out to me. It was like the rest of the people were blurred out but this one was bright and clear. My eye was focused on the one we were to bless.

We were faithful. We did it anonymously asking nothing in return. We did this for a couple of months and then God stopped showing me people. We were obedient. What happened as we gave, God blessed us.