ODB Devotional for Wednesday 1 June 2022 || Giving Out of Love

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TOPIC: Giving Out of Love

ODB Devotional for Wednesday 1 June 2022 || Bible Verse

Your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. Matthew 6:4

ODB Devotional for Wednesday 1 June 2022 || Today’s Scripture: Matthew 6:1–4

READ || ODB Devotional for Wednesday 1 June 2022 || INSIGHT

Every day, Glen purchases his morning coffee at a nearby drive-through. And every day he also pays for the order of the person in the car behind him, asking the cashier to wish that person a good day. Glen has no connection to them. He’s not aware of their reactions; he simply believes this small gesture is “the least he can do.” On one occasion, however, he learned of the impact of his actions when he read an anonymous letter to the editor of his local newspaper. He discovered that the kindness of his gift on July 18, 2017, caused the person in the car behind him to reconsider their plans to take their own life later that day.

Glen gives daily to the people in the car behind him without receiving credit for it. Only on this single occasion did he get a glimpse of the impact of his small gift. When Jesus says we should “not let [our] left hand know what [our] right hand is doing” (Matthew 6:3), He’s urging us to give—as Glen does—without need for recognition.

When we give out of our love for God, without concern for receiving the praise of others, we can trust that our gifts—large or small—will be used by Him to help meet the needs of those receiving them. By: Kirsten Holmberg

Bible in a Year: 2 Chronicles 15–16, John 12:27–50

ODB Devotional for Wednesday 1 June 2022 || REFLECT: How have you benefited from someone’s anonymous giving? How can you give more “in secret”?

ODB Devotional for Wednesday 1 June 2022 || Giving Out of Love PRAYER:

Father, thank You for using me to meet the needs of others and for meeting my needs through them. Help me not to seek credit when I give but to do so in a way that gives You the glory.

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