Most everyone wants to be able to enjoy the finer things in life. We work long and hard hours in hopes of not only taking care of our needs, but also the ability to enjoy the occasional splurge. Yet, sometimes it seems as if we get stuck in seasons, phases or places of stagnation. We want to be able to get more out of life, but it just seems to be out of our reach. I am convinced that the key to breaking out of that dormant place is to commit to being a GIVER…having a Contributor Mentality. When humanity had fallen far from the Creator’s reach, John 3:16 tells us that His love prompted Him to GIVE His only begotten son; and now anyone who believes has access not only to life with Him on earth, but abundant life with Him throughout all of eternity! If we don’t have what we want in life we should shift our focus from what we don’t have to what we do have and how it can benefit others. Luke 6:38 reveals the principle by which we can access abundance, stating that when we GIVE it activates a running over anointing towards us. How would you like to have so much abundance in your areas of need that your supply runs over like a tub of water overflowing, saturating the floor of your entire dwelling place; causing you to feel the evidence of overflow with every step that you take? That is what’s available to those with a contributor’s mentality. That is what’s available to those who GIVE! I encourage you commit to being a giver: financially, relationally, socially, in any area of need…because giving truly is the way to access abundant living.

+ Michael Grant Jr