Scripture:

Proverbs 11:25

The generous will prosper; those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.

What's Your Focus

In a world where the focus always seems to be on the self.   Often we blame social media, but in reality, generosity and being others-focused are decisions; they are choices that anyone can make.  And Solomon here again is imparting wisdom to us, and to even go further, if you understood the cultural reference:

Ancient Israel relied heavily on farming, livestock, and seasonal rainfall. Water was a precious, life-sustaining commodity. The metaphor of "watering others" to be "watered yourself" carried profound, literal weight in a society where drought meant starvation.

What we do matters, where we are focused matters, serving not just our own interest matters, and here Solomon reminds us that God sees what we do in secret (Matthew 6:4) and rewards us openly.   There is this sow and reap principle that if you are generous, if you serve and refresh others, God will send those who will do the same.

Food for thought: What is your focus? Is it others-focused?  Is your interest in blessing others?   And have you experienced refreshing as a result?? 

To examine your motives to become less self-focused and more other-centric, to bless others, to serve others, to turn the camera of your life a little less on you and more on others.   That is the God Shot today.

Lord, I thank you that I have seen this in my life, the reward of serving, of being generous, of serving others, and the blessings, the refreshing that comes from that.   Not only by others, but what happens in our souls when we serve others, even when we are in difficult times, how you have used that to refresh me, so Lord, I thank you for your word, for the truth, and for the blessing of putting it into practice, in Jesus' name, Amen