THE CUP AND THE HOSE

In today's devotion I simply want to shift the way you think about giving. Whether it's your time, talent, or money, can I show you something this morning? There's a difference between a hose and a cup. Now why did I take the time to make that contrast? Because God gave me a aha moment concerning giving and I promise it will bless your life. God wants us to shift how we see giving and receiving. See, a lot of us want God to use people only to fill our cups. And then we say once our cup is filled then we will pour out to others from our overflow. But...what if I said to you ...that it is possible ...God thought about this differently and there is a better way to handle giving? And because you don't see it His way you always run into money issues. What do I mean?  Glad you asked. Back to our example. A cup holds water, a hose gives water. A hose is used to transport water from the source and a cup is used to hold water from the source. Many of us find ourselves again running into issues because we want to be cups instead of hoses in the kingdom. When you are a cup you have to wait for water to be poured into you. But when you're a hose you tap into the source of the water and pour into other cups as the Lord instructs. See a cup gets water on occasion but a hose always touches the water. Did you get it? Maybe the reason why God has stopped pouring water in your direction is because you continue to be a cup when He wants a hose. When God tried to give you water you ended up spending the water on yourself, wasting it, mismanaging it, and so God said no more. Until we learn the mind of God my friends, He will always allow the lessons to continue to confront us. What's the lesson? Stop waiting for someone to pour you some water and you get connected to the source. He is the source. God is the source. Connect yourself to God and allow Him to upgrade you and install in you a hose system so you won't need to wait for water because you are connected to God who is the source of it. Today is a great day to understand the shift will always miss you because God has no beggars in the kingdom. We are sons and daughters. So stop waiting for others to do what God wants you to do in you. Connect yourself to the source and allow God to make you a hose. What are you waiting for? Transformation starts now. You have your own Jeremiah 29:11 you are assigned to fulfill. God expects you to come to Him and receive your own blueprints for becoming your own hose. I command your spirit to line up...and as you work it out I speak more grace to you.