Friends, today I want us to understand that nothing can multiply in your
hands until there is a release of what you already have, and a hand that is not
open can neither give nor receive. There is no amount of prayer or fasting that
you involve yourself in that will be able to change this. Looking at the book
of 1Kings 17:10-13, we see how obedience to the instruction of God through his
servant brought about multiplication and supplication to the life of that woman
and her family. And also we see in John 6:5-9, how a little boy by an act of
giving all that he had, became a blessing to multitude of people even without
his knowledge.We must break free from this adamic nature of selfishness and
self-centeredness that has crippled its way to our Christianity. If you are
unable to give to God the little you have now you have not totally given your
all to God.
God is saying to someone today, if you really want me to make you a
blessing to your family and your generation, not even your selfishness must
stand in the way it must be broken. In 1 Kings 17: 10-15 when the widow of
Zarephath obeyed the voice of God through the Prophet her jar of oil never ran
dry till the given day. “the jar of oil will not run dry until the day the Lord
gives rain on the land” vs 14. Some of us might say kai…but why would God even
send the Prophet to a woman with no husband and little to eat, God must be
extremely wicked. If you've ever thought like that, you have missed it.
Understand first of all that when God sends a Prophet your way, it is the time
for your blessing and secondly when God is about to bless you he disguises it.
That’s why you must be sensitive in your spirit at all times and understand
what God is trying to do. In this age and time some of us might even cause the
Prophet and say things like “all these men of God sef they are asking for too
much sef every time give give give and more giving, there are just eating our
money. If it’s not tithe its thanksgiving offering or something else etc.” But that
was not the thought of this widow. She knew her time for divine supply has come
and God has answered her prayers.
For everyone that is reading this today I want this to sink into your
spirit that no true Prophet or man of God is looking for your money to live on,
it is only a channel to bring down God’s blessing upon you (Psalm 23:1,Philippians
4:19).
It was Bishop Oyedepo that said “God
is not in need of anything but he is the meeter of every need.” He doesn’t
need anything from you but you need everything from him and even that which is
in your hands right now was given to you by God, so why hold it back from him
when he makes demands of it. God does not bless hoarders or “akagoms” he
blesses those that can release to him even the last 5 Naira or 50,000 Naira
that they have and he makes them a blessing. We can see that in the life of our
father Abraham in Gen 22:1-18.
Do not be ignorant of the truth not a fact that there is a blessing tied
to your obedience to God’s instruction and to giving.
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When you give you will lack
nothing (Prov 28:29)
·
When you give it will come
back to you in multiple fold (Luke 6:38)
· When you give God will make
sure that nothing in your hands or around you withers (Mal 3:10-12)
ASSIGNMENT
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Do not give grudgingly but
give cheerfully
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Put God first in all that
you do and open your hands to giving and God will supply all your needs.
