Here is today’s Bible reading:  Numbers 36:1-Deuteronomy 1:45; Luke 5:29-6:11; Psalm 66:1-20; Proverbs 11:24-26.

Proverbs 11:24 (NIV)
One man gives freely, yet gains even more;
another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.

God’s economy is different than ours.  In God’s economy, blessing comes with giving rather than receiving.  In God’s economy, the more tightly we cling to material possessions, the more they slip through our fingers.  But the more we let them go, the more blessing we receive.  God is a giving God.  We are to be a giving people.  Are you a giver or a hoarder?