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“I will very gladly spend and be spent for you” (2 Corinthians 12:15).
It is a great thing to be willing to spend our money for the Lord, and also our other resources—our time, our energy, our abilities, etc. It is a privilege to use whatever we have for Him and His interests in this world. But what does it mean to “be spent?”
To “be spent” means that sometimes others take advantage of us and expect us to do things for them that perhaps they should be able to do for themselves. It means that we are not only doing what we feel the Lord has called us to do, but in addition are being asked to do things by other people. Sometimes this is hard, as we may feel that we are doing more than our share.
Yet the Apostle Paul would gladly “spend and be spent” for those in Corinth, even though he did not get much real thanks for it. But if we serve the Lord, we can trust Him for the reward. We may not get it in this world, but will definitely be rewarded by the Lord in a coming day.
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