The Kingdom Paradigm of Giving, Part One

Everything in this life is to be viewed through the prism of the Kingdom paradigm of eternity and our personal eternalness. Giving in the earth realm is simply the transference of value. Something of value is given to, shared, or exchanged with someone other than yourself.

Before we can understand the idea of giving, we first need to consider what it is that is being given – the gift.

We enter time and this planet with gifts, talents, and abilities that we are endowed with by our Creator and Designer God. As endowed gifts, these are permanent, essential, and characteristic attributes. We use them naturally. They are provided to us by the design of our Creator, and man is not their origin, their author, nor their source.

We develop and enhance our endowed gifts through study and practice using our earthborn senses – the mind, emotions, feelings, intellect, and will. These gifts, talents, and abilities are given to us by our Creator and they are inalienable. They cannot be taken away, surrendered, or transferred. Their possession emphasizes a right or characteristic that is inherent and cannot be relinquished, nor can we be deprived of them. They are innate gifts from our God.