Leaders are supremely generous. It is part of your divine nature and responsibility, as a leader created in God’s image, to be supremely generous with your time, talent, and treasure.

 

Excelling in the grace giving is not an abstract, dusty, theological notion. God is exuberantly, cheerfully, and lavishly generous. God’s acts of generosity are transformative. God’s generosity is real. God’s generosity changes things. God simply loves to give.

 

God created you to be gloriously and exuberantly generous. The generosity of your time, talent, and treasure also changes things. In fact, in the final analysis, it may be the only thing that ever changes things. You will experience great joy and fulfillment as you learn to be generous. You will become the true benefactor of your generosity.

 

God takes great joy and delight in watching His people cheerfully and lavishly – even wastefully – bestow gifts of their time, talent, and treasure in changing people and the world about them. God gives cheerfully and God loves those who cheerfully give. When we give cheerfully we fill the earth with the glory of his image.

 

Generosity is the krypton of true leadership. The element krypton, appearing on the Periodic Chart of elements is, basically, an inert chemical. But, when used in fluorescent bulbs, krypton makes the light whiter and brighter. And when used in laser lights, krypton makes them more powerful and precise. Like the element krypton, wasteful generosity lights up leadership – that separates and distinguishes great leaders from good leaders. Effective leaders excel in the transformative, supreme generosity of their time, talent, and treasure.

 

The mark of your leadership is to give, and give, then give even more of your time, talent, and treasure. Like God, be gloriously generous. In the words of John Wesley (1703 – 1791), the founder of Methodism, “Earn as much as you can. Save as much as you can. Invest as much as your can. Give as much as you can.” You will never be as happy as when you are giving something - your money, your possessions, your time, or your talents.

 

Leaders don’t give just 10%. Leaders don’t give until it hurts. Leaders give until it’s all gone!

 

Peace and joy as you excel in the grace of giving!