Written
by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha
Put
the seed on the ground so that the seed can generate abundant harvests for you
and those
who depend on your generosity to them. Please read Zechariah Chapter
8 verse 12, 2nd Corinthians Chapter 9 verse 10, Isaiah Chapter 30
verse 23, Malachi Chapter 3 verses 10 to 12 and Leviticus Chapter 26 verses 3
to 13.
God
will always supply seed and bread; seed to be planted for multiplication and
compounding and bread for eating. What you do with the seed divinely supplied
by God actually determines the increase you receive. It is the seed planted
that God multiplies to give you His desired increase in life but when that
divinely supplied seed meant for planting is not planted but eaten, then you
have stopped the flow of God’s increase in your life.
The
glory of the latter house shall be greater than the former because God is
always able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that you could ever ask or
think; because He does what He does, His great wonders and miracles by His
Spirit. Therefore, PLANT SEEDS AND EAT BREAD. ASK GOD to always help you
identify seeds so that you will always separate seeds from bread. Seeds always
prosper and flourish and your seeds will definitely prosper and flourish to the
glory of God in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Please read Zechariah Chapter
4 verse 6 and Haggai Chapters 1 verses 13 to 14, 2 verse 5
He
stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah, Joshua the High
Priest as well as the remnant of the people to go and rebuild the temple in
Jerusalem. These people gave voluntarily, without compulsion or any form of
coercion or carrots and worked on the house of the Lord.
Beloved,
when God is at work; the people, the vessels He always prepares for His work
usually voluntarily offer their resources and services for the work of the
Lord. Please read Luke Chapter 8 verses 1 to 3 about the women who supported
the ministry of Jesus Christ, the unparalleled giving of the Church in
Macedonia (2nd Corinthians Chapter 8 verses 1 to 24); the Church in
Philippi (Philippians Chapter 4 verses 14 to 19), the generosity of King Cyrus
to the Jews (Isaiah Chapters 44 verse 28, 45 verses 1 to 3, 13, 2nd
Chronicles Chapter 36 verses 22 to 23, Ezra Chapters 1 verses 1 to 11, 2 verses
68 to 69; King Hezekiah who restored worship in the temple, gave generous
offerings and encouraged the people to celebrate the Passover as well as pay
their tithes and give generous offering; the Judeans who gave willingly (2nd
Chronicles Chapter 31 verses 1 to 21; the Israelites in the wilderness who gave
willingly and generously for the building of the tabernacle in the wilderness
(Exodus Chapters 25 verses 1 to 8, 35 verses 5 to 35 and 36 verses 1 to 8).
David
and the people of Israel gave generously for the building of the temple. Please
read 1st Chronicles Chapter 29. What is significant is that David
would not even see the foundation of the temple yet the Bible records that he
gave for the building of the temple his own special treasures of gold and
silver. Beloved, do not forget that David was King and had access to the
nation’s treasury and therefore could have given from the national treasury and
claimed that it was his personal contribution.
But David loved and feared God would always honor God with his resources so he gave over and above all that he had prepared; significantly from his personal treasury. David honored God with his resources as stated in Proverbs Chapter 3 verses 9 to 10. The generational blessings of David’s actions on his descendants cannot be quantified. Compared to what David gave, the generational blessings speak of God compounding a grain of wheat into zillions of wheat grains.
A willing
heart stirred by the Holy Spirit will always work wonders and birth great
miracles for the work of God.
Missions
is not about giving what you do not need to missionaries. It is giving
missionaries what they need for the work; to sustain them in the field. It is
about giving what is required in the mission fields and not giving up what you
do not need; which is what most people including yours truly do. The ideal is
to go beyond what we do not need to sacrifice what is required in the fields.
It is giving what is required in the mission field so that the work of God can
move on even if you have to make a sacrifice.
The
widow of Zarephath gave what was required to sustain Prophet Elijah; out of
what was desperately required to feed her and her son that evening, in point of
fact; what was desperately required for their family survival. That sacrificial
giving for the purpose of the kingdom brought about multiplication of her
personal resources so that she was well fed all through the period of the famine.
God blessed her with abundance so that on a daily basis, she had more than
enough to support the man of God, her son and herself. Please read Luke Chapter
6 verse 38.
So
give as unto the Lord, money, resources so that the gospel is taken to unreached
people in the world. Thank you for giving to heal the nations and bringing
about transformation in the lives of people. God bless you richly and enlarge
your coast in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Shalom
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