9:5 ‘prepare your generous gift beforehand, which you had previously promised, that it may be ready as a matter of generosity and not as a grudging obligation’ Sometimes we must be willing to promise ahead of the harvest.... It is the attitude God looks at....
9:6 ‘But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.’ Spend time and harken with/to God, the rewards are always wonderful.
9:7 ‘So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for
God loves a cheerful giver.’ God looks on the heart....
9:8-9 ‘And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work. As it is written: “He has dispersed abroad, He has given to the poor; His righteousness endures forever.”
9:10-11 ‘Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness, while you are enriched in everything for all liberality, which causes thanksgiving through us to God.’ God is looking at our willingness.
9:12-14 ‘For the administration of this service not only supplies the needs of the saints, but also is abounding through many thanksgivings to God, while, through the proof of this ministry, they glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal sharing with them and all men, and by their prayer for you, who long for you because of the exceeding grace of God in you.’
9:15 ‘Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!’ In the light of God’s giftings, we should be thankful.