8 I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others. 9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.
10 And here is my judgment about what is best for you in this matter. Last year you were the first not only to give but also to have the desire to do so. 11 Now finish the work, so that your eager willingness to do it may be matched by your completion of it, according to your means. 12 For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.
How many times do we say I’m going to start doing this or that, give more time or money? We always have good intentions but rarely act on them or finish what we have started. As Christians we need to do what is within our means. Make sure that if we say we’ll do something that we try our best to stick with it and finish it. It is possible to do; we just need to be as passionate as we were when we started it.
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