Have you ever thought about where good gifts come from? Perhaps at Christmas time, or your birthday? Perhaps you have a loved one who is celebrating a milestone and really like to find just the “thing” that will communicate your sentiments for this person.
Is Amazon the right place to start your search, or should you go to a local small business where the service and personal touch will be higher?
Actually you might be surprised, but scripture tells us the answer to this question.
“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.” James 1:17
God is the giver of good gifts.
I am blessed to be a wife and a mother. These two roles have helped me to see what it is to give gifts out of love. God knows that even in our fallen state, we, parents, often have a desire to give good gifts.
“If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!” Matthew 7:11
As I reflect on my walk with the Lord, I see that far too often I have tried to earn things, rather than accepting them as gifts. Over the coming weeks, I’d like to look further at God as the giver of good gifts. I’d like to do this for a few reasons.
- God has written much about His desire to give good gifts and I think sometimes in our ignorance we fail to ask for, or receive the gifts He is offering.
- I have come to see that many of the “things” he desires to give us, we have mistakenly tried to earn.
- I believe as we discover more of what He wants to give us as a gift, we will discover both more about Him and more about ourselves.
“Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!” 2 Corinthians 9:15
“Therefore He says: “When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive, And gave gifts to men.”” Ephesians 4:8
I pray that these writings will lead us to a greater experience of what God has for us.
