"Generous people are wealthy—I'll give when I make more money."
How it sounds in your head: Look at who gives big—they're all financially set. Once you get the promotion, the raise, the better job, THEN you can be generous like them. You can't give what you don't have. More income means more capacity to bless others. Just wait.
"that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded in the riches of their liberality. For I bear witness that according to their ability, yes, and beyond their ability, they were freely willing."
-- 2 Corinthians 8:2-3Source: Enemy convincing you generosity is a product of wealth, not a pathway to it. Poverty spirit saying you're disqualified until you arrive.
Every generous person you know has money. The big givers at church are the successful ones. It feels logical that you need more before you can give more. Your income is the limiting factor.
Churches in Macedonia were in extreme poverty and severe trial, yet they gave beyond their ability, begging Paul for the privilege of giving. Their deep poverty produced abundant generosity, and Paul held them up as the example—not the wealthy, the willing poor.
I REFUSE the lie that I need wealth to be generous. IT IS WRITTEN that deep poverty abounded in riches of liberality—generosity isn't the result of income; it's the pathway to blessing. I am Abraham's seed under the BARAK blessing, and Abraham gave FIRST to Melchizedek, THEN God said 'I am your exceedingly great reward.' IT IS WRITTEN that I give and it shall be given to me—pressed down, running over. I don't wait for more to give; I give to unlock more. My current lack is not disqualification; it's the setup for supernatural multiplication. I give beyond ability because I trust beyond sight.
The Father isn't waiting for you to make six figures before He can use you—He's looking for widow's mites and boy's lunches, because THAT'S where He shows off. You're not too broke to be generous; you're perfectly positioned to watch Him turn your little into MUCH.