James 1:16-18
16 Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters. 17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. 18 He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.
When people give you gifts its usually for an occasion like birthday, Christmas, anniversary, etc. I think also it depends on how close you are to that person, how special they see you, how deep your friendship/relationship is. The aforementioned also determines the quality of the gift in either craftsmanship and/or price. So I think that when it comes to new converts-"baby Christians"-, strong believers or anywhere in between that our gifts/blessings are given to us based by obedience, level of faithfulness, level of wisdom/knowledge and of course the "desires of our hearts" that if we ask he will give us. Sometimes there are gifts that seem good but are not good for US. So the gifts that are good for us are from Him.
He doesn't change like a shifting shadow because He is the same yesterday, today and forever, HE is the rock-our rock-, the solid constant we can rest on and trust. In fact He is not shifting or a shadow, shadows are blocked light and He is the light.
When God made the world & everything in the world, He didn't HAVE to make us humans but He did because HE had/has a purpose for us. Out of all He created were the only creatures that can produce fruit. So even though we spiritually separated ourselves from God by disobeying Him, He knows the beginning and end of all things.
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