According to what you have

2 Corinthians 8:10-12,

“10 And here is my advice about what is best for you in this matter: Last year you were the first not only to give but also to have the desire to do so. 11 Now finish the work, so that your eager willingness to do it may be matched by your completion of it, according to your means. 12 For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.”

In Christ, what we have is what we have been given which is the gift of Christ. This gift is Him, His nature, love, power, righteousness, knowledge, hope, faith, willingness and more.

Paul says in verse 12, “IF the willingness is there…” There first must be a willingness. If I read this with spiritually legal perception I would feel obligated to give. I would also be giving from what I don’t have because I am not giving willingly. My willingness is His willingness in me. His willingness will give me substance and ability to give because I truly want to. The Father sent His only son. The Son willingly accepted because His desire is to do the will of the Father. This willingness is in us now by revelation of Him according to hearing the word.