2 Corinthians 8:5; Gave Their Own Selves to the Lord
2 Corinthians 8:5 And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.
“Contributions to the work of the Lord,” says G. Campbell Morgan, “are only valuable as they are the gifts of those who are themselves yielded to God.”
The people of God in Macedonia were sacrificial in their giving because of their consecration toward God. They were walking closely with God obeying and following hard after God.