GIVING AND RECEIVING

Jesus is reported to have said:"It's better to give than receive."
Well, receiving ain't at all that bad either!

The truth is that giving and receiving are connected and are at opposite ends of the same thing. The thing is a law or principle of the created universe. This law "states" that if you give, you will receive--automatic-never fails.

In Luke 6:38 " Give and it will be given to you. A good measure,
pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured
into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured
to you"

The apostle Paul wrote that the amount you give was not as important as giving with a good heart and willing spirit. Jesus told the poor woman who gave her pennies that what she gave was worth more than all the other offerings.

Several years ago an Evangelical TV ministry was raising money and stressed the principle of giving and receiving. Several weeks after giving a goodly sum to the ministry, a man bitterly complained that he didn't receive any money and demanded his money back!

So, it's not just the act of giving, it takes a good heart and willing
spirit-not just a desire to get something back.

Jesus was a man much misunderstood by people in his own time, as his message is in our time. He kept saying crazy things such as: "love your enemies and do good for those who hate you"; "blessed are the meek for they will inherit the earth";"If someone takes your
cloak, do not stop him from taking your tunic."; ..if anyone takes what belongs to you do not demand it back"; "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."

Are these sure recipes for misery? Perhaps, taken as literal commandments. but what if he was telling us about the invisible laws and principles of the universe --what he referred to as the Kingdom of God.

Jesus preached throughout Judea about the keys to unlock this kingdom of abundance for all that was created with the universe,

Much of these keys had to do with having a humble and believing heart, not with sacrifice and poverty.

Natural man without the benefit of these keys must struggle, do without, and work his fingers to he bone to survive and only hope to prosper.

Our religious teachers have mistakenly taught us that we must appease God by behaving in a certain manner or we would wind up in Hell; whereas it seems to this author Hell seems often to be right here on earth.

Yet Jesus told us that He came (to earth)so that we could have life and have it abundantly.

Let's start unlocking the Kingdom.

With love and kindness,

THE HATMAN