5. GIVER OR TAKER?


Food for Thought:
5. GIVER OR TAKER?

The Collins Dictionary states the meaning of Give - To, bestow, confer ownership of, deliver, impart”; while Take is, "To grasp or take hold of."

As an Employer, Employee, Child, Husband or Wife, do you usually take much more than you give? To know your status, ask yourself, “Do people leave my presence feeling better or worse?”

Giving is not limited to money or physical items. 

You can also give time, forgiveness, encouragement and even prayers.

Whatever you have to give is already a gift from God to you. Do you willingly give any of these to others? Or do you only expect them to give to you?

The Bible states, “Give and it shall be given to you, good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.” (Luke 6:38)

Be a Giver not just a Taker. And even when you give, make sure it is befitting in case there is reciprocity. Galatians 6:7 says, “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.”

Your giving will always make a way for you.


VAB, Lagos. 


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