You Can Do It Too! by Bill Swad

Author:Bill Swad
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: prosperity
Publisher: B. Swad
Published: 1991-02-26T22:00:00+00:00

5

THE DAY THE WINDOWS OPENED

"Excuse me, sir. Do you need a pen?"

The stranger I turned to as I was about to leave the restaurant was surprised at my question. "No," he said. "I've already got one."

I smiled and said, "Well, I'm going to give you one anyway, because I like to give something away every day."

"In that case, I'll take it," he responded. "And thank you very, very much."

It's a practice I started years ago. Every day, I take something from my pocket—a pencil, a pen, a note pad, or whatever—and I give it away.

You say, "That sounds like a silly thing to do."

Just wait until you try it! When you begin to see what happens as a result of giving things away, you'll never stop the practice. Now, when I leave home in the morning, I check my pockets to make sure I have something to give.

God looks at your hands as well as at your heart. Are they open or closed? How can you expect anything to be placed in your hands unless they're open? It's only when you are in the act of giving that you are prepared to receive.

So often I've told people,

"Don't be stingy and attempt to hang on to your possessions. Let some things go!"

Shortly after becoming a Christian, I ran around with a fellow who was filled with a zeal for evangelism. One day we decided to go to his brother-in-law's house in an effort to lead him to Christ.

While we were sharing the Good News, the man interrupted my friend and said, "I just have one question. If I accept the Lord am I going to become like you?"

"I hope so," he answered.

"You mean to say that I'm going to be a tight-wad like you?" I almost fell off my chair, because it was something I also had observed. As they say, this guy was so tight he almost squeaked.

Friend, God wants His people to be generous. Don't let your reputation hinder your witness for Christ.

Give $100,000?

A few years ago I bought 48 acres of undeveloped woodland near Columbus. My dream was to see it become a subdivision called Rathburn Woods.

You may think it strange, but my motivation for the project was not to build another nestegg for the future. I wanted to see the venture flourish so that I could fulfill a long-held vision—to give the profits away.

Big doors swing on little hinges. More then 20 years before, Oral Roberts' tent crusade in Columbus had been a turning point in my life. Now, I wanted to say "Thank you," by doing something substantial in return.

I said, "Lord, I have never put much money into the Oral Roberts ministry. When these woods begin to prosper I'm going to give a large gift to ORU." I even named the size of the donation.

In my car, driving slowly, I stretched my arm out toward the land. I said, "Father in Jesus Name, thank you for the blessing you are going to give that land. And when it happens I want to give a large gift—a $100,000 gift to ORU.

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