So you were asked for something you weren’t sure you had left over to give. You weren’t sure you could do it cheerfully (2 Cor. 9:7). What happened next is what this particular boundary yardstick is all about. You probably did one of two things: 1. Since you were unsure, you said yes. 2. Since you were unsure, you said no. Which is the more mature of these? In most cases, the second. Why? Because it is more responsible to give out of our resources than to promise that which we might not be able to deliver.
