The Greater Blessedness Of Giving

Then Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk”.
Acts 3:6

There are still some things money can’t buy. Like salvation, for instance. And the power of God at work in a life.

The lame man in Acts 3 learned that lesson.

When Peter and John passed by, he begged for alms—but instead he received legs. A miraculous testimony to the God whose power cannot be bought or sold!

Alexander Maclaren examines Peter’s words and the message they convey to servants of God.

WALK WITH ALEXANDER MACLAREN
“Peter did not‘what I do have,’ as if what he was offering was inferior to money. Instead he intended a very different tone.

“The expression eloquently magnifies the power which he possessed as far more precious than wealth.

“God gives us all our possessions and spiritual riches as well, not only that we may enjoy them ourselves, but that we may impart them, and so experience the greater blessedness of giving over receiving.

“How often it has been true that a poor church has been a miracle-working church.

“But when a church could not say ‘Silver or gold I do not have,’ it has also had no power to say ‘In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.’ “

WALK CLOSER TO GOD
Peter did not have what the lame man expected. But he did have what the lame man needed: the power of God. The same power that transformed Peter from a denier to a declarer of the Savior. Perhaps you hesitate to share your Savior with someone because of what you don’t possess: money, status, ability with words.

If so, consider this liberating thought: Even without a coin in your pocket or purse, you possess something that is more precious than gold, and more powerful than dynamite.