Generous Encounter

Acts 20:28 (NIV)
²⁸  Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood. 

How does one watch over all the flock of which the Holy Spirit made us overseers? One of the things included in the definition of Generosity is the quality of being willing to donate time. It takes time to come alongside someone. It takes precious minutes out of your day to help someone navigate through life.

It takes a loving heart and a willing spirit to practice this type of generosity, but God expects no less. At some point in our lives there was someone who did this for us. Think about it. Can you identify that special person God placed in your path just when you needed him/her? Have you ever thought just how generous this person was with their time, to help you when you needed it most?

"For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another."  (1 John 3:11)

Is there someone in your regular daily path whom God might be pointing to? Is there someone you feel you need to reach out to, to help, to invite into your life? Is there someone who needs you to show them the love of God. Is it time to give generously of yourself to this person?

Dear Jesus,
Point out to me the one You have prepared, the child of Yours You want me to reach out to. Give me a heart filled with a desire to be generous today. Prepare my path so that I may encounter them soon. Come Holy Spirit.


Acts 20:28