Therefore the liberality expressed horizontally toward men was an overflow of joy in God’s grace. • Fourth, the Macedonians begged for the opportunity to sacrifice their meager possessions for the saints in Jerusalem. “Beyond their ability, they gave of their own accord, begging us with much urging for the favor of participation in the support of the saints” (2 Corinthians 8:3–4). In other words, the way their joy in God overflowed was in the joy of giving. They wanted to give. It was their joy!