Equality

2 Corinthians 8:

14 But it is out of equality; at the present time your abundance for their alack that their abundance also may be for your lack, so that there may be equality;

15 As it is written, "He who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no lack.''

Recovery Version Note 1: This quotation from Exo. 16 refers to God's heavenly way of balancing the supply of manna among His people, and is applied here to the ministering of material things to the needy saints. Manna was gathered for the daily supply of God's people; they had a sufficient supply no matter how much or how little they gathered. Gathering manna was their duty, and they were to do their duty without being greedy. In like manner, as children of God we should not be greedy or try to preserve our money for ourselves, for whether or not we give, the outcome will be the same, for God in His sovereignty is active to practice a heavenly balancing of the wealth among His people. The result is that He takes care of our daily needs, so that he who preserves much for himself has no excess and he who preserves little for himself has no lack.

The Lord enlightened me this morning to see and know that He is the God of righteousness and justice. Even in the distribution of wealth among His children, He takes care of the poor and the rich alike as in the days of old. He rained manna sufficient enough for all. Those who gathered much had no surplus, those who gathered little had no lack, altogether nullifying any room for greed among His children. Even if there were some who, in greed, have gathered much, it would all rot and bred worms. That's how God balanced His people by the principle of manna.

This has been my experience since I came to serve the Lord. The Lord always took care of my needs, whether great or small. When we have abundance, it is balanced out to those in lack, and when when we are in lack, He supplies from those who are in abundance. When I received so little, I could healthily manage with that much, even when I am blessed abundantly, I still go on as before. Riches or poverty means nothing to me. The joy that comes with it matters most. Often, more joy in lack than in abundance, for joy is not measured by physical things, rather physical things are mostly the cause for loss of joy. When I received that much I also spent that much, and when I receive that less, I spent that less as well. But all the time self-sufficient, all the time joyful with what the Lord has blessed. 

What matters most is, in blessing bounty we must experience and enjoy Christ and remember  the needy saints; and in poverty too, we must experience and gain Christ. Blessing must not be wasted nor poverty. In either case, we must gain Christ. And learn from brother Paul. Philippians 4:12 "I know also how to be abased, and I know how to abound; in everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be filled and to hunger, both to abound and to black."