Being Too Generous
How much generosity is too much?
What value does generosity have if it is not the byproduct of loving people?
Even though we rarely hear public admonitions from 1 Corinthians 13 anytime other than weddings, and it preaches there well, it was written to instruct believers on the responsibilities believers have to each other and the strength the Spirit wants to give us to fulfil them.
But desire the greater gifts. And I will show you an even better way.
If I speak the languages of men and of angels, but do not have love,
I am a sounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
If I have the gift of prophecy,
and understand all mysteries and all knowledge,
and if I have all faith, so that I can move mountains,
but do not have love, I am nothing.
And if I donate all my goods to feed the poor,
and if I give my body to be burned,
but do not have love, I gain nothing.
Love is patient; love is kind. Love does not envy;
is not boastful; is not conceited;
does not act improperly; is not selfish;
is not provoked; does not keep a record of wrongs;
finds no joy in unrighteousness, but rejoices in the truth;
bears all things, believes all things,
hopes all things, endures all things.
(1 Corinthians 12:31-13:7 HCSB ©®)