PROMISE #262 - SEPTEMBER 19
Promise #262:
If you honor Me with your firstfruits, you will overflow with abundance.
Proverbs 3:9-10 (WEB)
9 Honor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase:
10 so your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
Today's Scripture passage is a wonderful picture of abundance and overflow. The kingdom of God does not work like the kingdom of this world. In God's kingdom, it is more blessed to give than to receive. In His kingdom, we can never outgive the most generous person in the universe, for God loves to pour back into us far more than we could possibly give to Him.
Why does God want us to give Him our first fruits? Does God need our money? Absolutely not! The Bible says that the entire earth is the Lord's and everything in it. God does not need our resources whatsoever. Our God and Father longs for our hearts more than anything else. Jesus told us that where our treasure is, there will also be our heart (Matthew 6:21).
When we honor God with the very first and best of what our hands have created, we acknowledge that He is the source of all our blessings. When we choose to trust in His present and future supply of all our needs by giving Him our first fruits, I believe that it blesses His heart and moves Him to provide for us even more.
It is wonderful to live in a kingdom where we don't have to provide for ourselves, for we have a Father in heaven who knows all our needs and delights in giving us His kingdom!
If you honor Me with your firstfruits, you will overflow with abundance.
Proverbs 3:9-10 (WEB)
9 Honor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase:
10 so your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
Today's Scripture passage is a wonderful picture of abundance and overflow. The kingdom of God does not work like the kingdom of this world. In God's kingdom, it is more blessed to give than to receive. In His kingdom, we can never outgive the most generous person in the universe, for God loves to pour back into us far more than we could possibly give to Him.
Why does God want us to give Him our first fruits? Does God need our money? Absolutely not! The Bible says that the entire earth is the Lord's and everything in it. God does not need our resources whatsoever. Our God and Father longs for our hearts more than anything else. Jesus told us that where our treasure is, there will also be our heart (Matthew 6:21).
When we honor God with the very first and best of what our hands have created, we acknowledge that He is the source of all our blessings. When we choose to trust in His present and future supply of all our needs by giving Him our first fruits, I believe that it blesses His heart and moves Him to provide for us even more.
It is wonderful to live in a kingdom where we don't have to provide for ourselves, for we have a Father in heaven who knows all our needs and delights in giving us His kingdom!