Some thoughts on
impact of Charity © 2002 C.J.L.J.Rao Many of us spend most of our time thinking on tactics and strategies to increase our earnings or income online. But, we don't spend
same amount of time thinking of giving portions of our earnings to
poor and needy.
I hope you won't be surprised if I say "The More You Give offline or online, The More You Will Receive."
The Bible says "He that hath pity on
poor lendeth unto
Lord; And that which he hath given will He pay him again." (Proverbs 19:17)
This means that how much ever money or goods we give to
poor and needy people, that much money or goods God is going to give back to us. He will definitely repay you, maybe more than you can imagine.
The Bible says "There is that scattereth and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it lendeth to poverty." (Proverbs 11:24)
This means that
person who spent his earnings on charity by giving to
poor has increased his income. On
other hand,
person who kept his earnings with himself more than that was necessary to him and therefore became poor.
The Bible says "The liberal soul shall be made fat; and he that watereth shall be watered also himself." (Proverbs 11:25)
This means that everything related to a generous person shall be made fat. And, he that provides help in whatever way or kind to others shall be helped by God.
The Bible says "Honour
Lord with thy substance, and with
firstfruits of all thine increase; so shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine." (Proverbs 3:9, 10)
This means that you have to honour God by giving your income by first sale to Him. And, you have to set apart your first increases of every venture for charitable cause. Then,
All-knowing God who is watching over you all
time shall reward you with plenty of further increases in income and with more new sales.
The Bible says "Blessed is he that considereth
poor;
Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. The Lord will preserve him and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon
earth; and
Lord will not deliver him unto
will of his enemies." (Psalms 41:12)
The above verse is self-explanatory.
The Bible says "But, whosoever hath
worlds good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth
love of God in him ? My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth." (I John 3:17, 18).
This means that if you have enough and do not consider
poor and needy, then you do not have
love of God in you. You are loving God with mere words and not in truth.