Why would God want me to give?

Giving to God is a relational experience.

What do I mean by that?

How delightful to give a gift to someone you love. And say you know they want this gift - what do you want as the giver? Surely you want to be there to see the expression on their face, feel their thankfulness through embrace.

We treasure these gifts -and ultimately it is not about the gift but the special memory it triggers.

If gifts are intimately interwoven in relationship for us - how much more for the One who created us, in whose image we are made.

That is why giving to God is an act of worship - a relational experience.

God does not need your money or your stuff. He wants your attention. He wants you to turn and return to Him.

When we give unto God we only return to Him what is already His and willingly acknowledge his complete ownership.

We give because of love - because of His image - our pattern.

Jesus Christ came to show us the Father.

And the heart of the father is to feed the thousands, to heal the sick and to give life to the dead and to give us all things that concern life and godliness.