Most often the ones who question the generosity of others are motivated by their own selfishness. Judas loved money. Mary's generous outpouring toward Jesus, did not reveal his heart for the poor! In fact, it exposed the greed in his soul.
Greed is a horribly sticky sin. Most of us love money, but would never admit it. We like to judge others for what they do with their money, but rarely want to give an account for what we do with "our" money. One sure way to check our generosity is to examine our hearts when we see generosity in others.
If we are generous, our hearts rejoice when we see generosity. Generosity is motivated by generosity. To see others giving freely motivates us to do the same. If we are greedy, we tend to judge other's gifts by the standards that we ourselves don't keep. We justify ourselves and judge others.
Are we motivated by the generosity of others? Are we sacrificially generous towards the things of God?
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