“Giving is a confession of our wealth! Out of our abundance we give unto every good work! ”
Partnership is a kingdom virtue that gives one the opportunity to shoulder the cause of the gospel. A partner in the kingdom is one who ensures that the gospel is spreading abroad by supplying resources such as money and time as well as himself for the furtherance of the gospel. He’s a co-labourer with God. “God so loved the world that He gave His only son that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16. Giving is an expression of love .We therefore don’t give because we want to be blessed. We give out of our abundance.
“Let each one [give] as he has made up his own mind and purposed in his heart, not reluctantly or sorrowfully or under compulsion, for God loves (He takes pleasure in, prizes above other things, and is unwilling to abandon or to do without) a cheerful (joyous, “prompt to do it”) giver [whose heart is in his
giving].”2Corinthians 9:7