Give/Get Mindset

10-27-2009
Give/Get Mindset

Have you ever been around someone that always wants something out of you? For example, when you see their name on the caller ID, you know they are calling because they want something. As we study the example of Jesus, we see the exact opposite. He serves, gives, and heals. Are you a giver or a taker? It’s not the amount that you give, or what you give that’s important. It’s the fact that you give. Find ways to provide for people. It might be serving, financial gifts, etc. Regardless of how you give, make a point to be one that provides for others versus the type that always takes from everyone. Don’t be the type that always asks for a pay raise; work so hard your superior can’t wait to give you a bonus!

For many of you it may be a mindset where you don’t feel you are getting what you deserve to get. There’s only one way to change that problem, and that’s by changing the way you think. Don’t expect a bonus or a raise. Instead, be grateful for what you have, and do everything in your power to show your gratitude. Don’t see what you can get out of the world; instead see what you can put into the world.

Matthew 14:34-36 says the following:

34When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret. 35And when the men of that place recognized Jesus, they sent word to all the surrounding country. People brought all their sick to him 36and begged him to let the sick just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched him were healed.”
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hink of all the miracles Jesus performed, yet when push came to shove so many denied ever knowing him. They ran to him when they wanted something, and were done with him when he no longer provided something they needed. These people never understood who Jesus was. People came to Jesus for their physical well being, yet he has the power to give them eternal healing! Let’s change our outlook on life. Live to serve and provide, and you will be blessed abundantly. As long as we live to get, we will never get enough, and we will always be left wanting.

Application:
1. Read Matthew 14:34-36
2. What’s your give/get mindset?