Attaining Is The Promise

Attaining the quality of bestowal (seeking to benefit others instead of ourselves) is the promise that God made in Eden, to Abraham and to King David:

1. God's Promise In Eden:
• "And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel." (Genesis 3:15, NIV)
• Meaning the head of the quality of selfishness (seeking to benefit ourselves) will be crushed and we will enter into the quality of bestowal (seeking to benefit others).
2. God's Promise To Abraham:
• "I will make you into a great nation ... and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you." (Genesis 12:2-3, NIV)
• Meaning, we'll become a great nation of people who are connected in mutual bestowal, seeking to benefit others instead of ourselves.
• "As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations. (Genesis 17:4, NIV)
• Meaning, the work that Abraham started (connecting in mutual bestowal) will spread to many nations and we'll all be connected in mutual bestowal, seeking to benefit others instead of ourselves.
• "I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come ..." (Genesis 17:7, NIV)
• Meaning the quality of bestowal (seeking to benefit others instead of ourselves) will be an everlasting covenant between us and God. It brings us into everlasting adhesion with The Creator.
• "I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed ..." (Genesis 22:17-18, NIV)
• Meaning, the quality of bestowal (seeking to benefit others) will take possession for the cities of our enemies (the quality of selfishness) and all nations on earth will be in the quality of bestowal.
3. God's Promise To King David:
• "Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me; your throne will be established forever." (2 Samuel 7:16, NIV)
• Meaning, the house and the kingdom of the quality of bestowal (seeking to benefit others instead of ourselves) will be established forever.

Remember, only God can change our internal qualities from selfishness to bestowal. Ask Him to help you and He will.

Attaining the quality of bestowal, seeking to benefit others instead of ourselves, is the promise that God made in Eden, to Abraham and to King David.

In everything we do, we should seek to benefit others instead of ourselves.

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