The Apostle Paul wrote in Philippians 4:
15 As you well know, when I first brought the Gospel to you and then went on my way, leaving Macedonia, only you Philippians became my partners in giving and receiving. No other church did this.
16 Even when I was over in Thessalonica you sent help twice.
17 But though I appreciate your gifts, what makes me happiest is the well-earned reward you will have because of your kindness.
18 At the moment I have all I need-more than I need! I am generously supplied with the gifts you sent me when Epaphroditus came. They are a sweet-smelling sacrifice that pleases God well.
19 And it is he who will supply all your needs from his riches in glory because of what Christ Jesus has done for us.   (Living Bible)

We have been studying another story of partnering:
2 Kings 4:
8 One day Elisha went to Shunem. A prominent woman of the city invited him in to eat, and afterwards, whenever he passed that way, he stopped for dinner.
9 She said to her husband, "I'm sure this man who stops in from time to time is a holy prophet.
10 Let's make a little room for him on the roof; we can put in a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp, and he will have a place to stay whenever he comes by."
11 Once when he was resting in the room he said to his servant Gehazi, "Tell the woman I want to speak to her." When she came,
13 he said to Gehazi, "Tell her that we appreciate her kindness to us. Now ask her what we can do for her. Does she want me to put in a good word for her to the king or to the general of the army?"
"No," she replied, "I am perfectly content."
14 "What can we do for her?" he asked Gehazi afterwards. He suggested, "She doesn't have a son, and her husband is an old man."
15 "Call her back again," Elisha told him. When she returned, he talked to her as she stood in the doorway.
16 "Next year at about this time you shall have a son!"
"O man of God," she exclaimed, "don't lie to me like that!"
17 But it was true; the woman soon conceived and had a baby boy the following year, just as Elisha had predicted.   (Living Bible)

This rich and influential woman followed the principle in Philippians chapter 4. She looked outside herself and her own circumstances, and God opened her eyes to the prospect of partnering with His Servant.

So you ask, should I look for any servant of God and start partnering with that person?
Not at all! That way you might end up partnering with a wolf in sheep's clothing! That would be disastrous, and would also be a total waste.

This is how you choose a servant of God to partner with:
Notice that this Rich Woman of Shunem regularly saw Elisha passing by her home, quietly going about God's business.

At first, she simply invited Elisha to have a meal with her and her husband. She no doubt spent that meal-time assessing who he might be. This was step ONE.

Having satisfied herself that he was a good man, she invited him to eat whenever he passed by. In this way she and her husband got to know him as a human being. She noted that her husband was comfortable with this man. This was step TWO.

Elisha did not set out to impress them that he was a servant of God by giving them an account of his work for God. The woman came to this conclusion all by herself.
Then she took the next step of partnering: she asked her husband to put in a guest room where Elisha could rest after eating with them when he passed their home. This was step THREE.

This was a partnership that evolved gradually, and was based on the assessment this woman made of the character of the servant of God, without any pushing from Elisha.
Everything this woman did for Elisha, she did of her own accord. The servant of God never asked her for anything.

Remember some other words of the Apostle Paul:
2 Corinthians 9:
7 Everyone must make up his own mind as to how much he should give. Don't force anyone to give more than he really wants to, for cheerful givers are the ones God prizes.
8 God is able to make it up to you by giving you everything you need and more so that there will not only be enough for your own needs but plenty left over to give joyfully to others.   (Living Bible)

This rich lady from Shunem made up her own mind what she wanted to give. She was therefore a cheerful giver.
Even the Prophet Elisha couldn't quite understand the motive for her kindness to him. This was when the Prophet, on the suggestion of his servant, told her that she would have a son. This was a reward that she had never looked for, and never asked for.

It was a demonstration that God is a rewarder by nature and He will bless our lives in many ways that we neither ask for nor deserve, when we simply set out to "scatter" in the way He directs.
Proverbs 11:
24 There is one who scatters, yet increases more;
And there is one who withholds more than is right,
But it leads to poverty.

Prayer:
Heavenly Father, thank You that You are the rewarder of all who obey Your directions in "scattering" and in "partnering". Let me be among those who obey You in this way,
in Jesus' name,    Amen.

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