The soul of blessing

It is easy to reason from poverty that we should hold on to what we have. It is easy to reason from wealth that we should hoard what we have gathered. The divine economy works on a different basis. Proverbs 11:25 contains a promise made, that the soul who blesses will be blessed, that the waterer will himself be watered. We should consider that promise applied to Christian life and service, and then the promise embraced, the challenge of faith to individual Christians and Christian churches to take God at his word, to be flowing waters rather than stagnant pools, in anticipation that in blessing, we shall be blessed, and so able to bless again.