IT IS GODLY TO GIVE , THE FIRST OF THE FIRST; NOT FROM OUR LEFTOVERS.
Proverbs 3:9 “Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the first fruits of all your crops.“
“Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure—pressed down, shaken together, and running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return.”
(Luke 6:38)
2 Samuel 7:13 (Amp)
David’s Prayer
18 ” Then King David went in and sat [in prayer] before the Lord, and said, “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house (family), that You have brought me this far?
19 Yet this was very insignificant in Your eyes, O Lord God, for You have spoken also of Your servant’s house (royal dynasty) in the distant future. And this is the law and custom of man, O Lord God.
20 What more can David say to You? For You know (acknowledge, choose) Your servant, O Lord God.
21 Because of Your word (promise), and in accordance with Your own heart, You have done all these great and astounding things to let Your servant know (understand).
22 Therefore You are great, O Lord God; for there is none like You, and there is no God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
28 And now, O Lord God, You are God, and Your words are truth, and You have promised this good thing to Your servant.
29 Therefore now, may it please You to bless the house (royal dynasty) of Your servant, so that it may continue forever before You; for You, O Lord God, have spoken it, and with Your blessing may the house of Your servant be blessed forever.”
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Proverbs 3:27 ESV Bible.
“Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it.”
SOW A SEED
When we apply this to our finances and the Kingdom of God, here as well, our motivation counts. We can assume the attitude of the investor, merely “investing” money, expecting a financial return on our investment (“giving to get”). That’s one approach. But the other approach, much more fruitful, is to realize that we are sowing on behalf of, and in the Name of, Another — the very One Who, in fact, owns everything we have. We are given the opportunity to become His Hand of Blessing, carrying out His Will on earth as it is carried out in Heaven. Thus, we are building with Our Heavenly Father, uniting our giving to His Giving, flowing out of His never-ending Abundance. It is in this Spirit that we invite you to sow into this work of God. Your return is to see growth of His Kingdom in this Work, and in your own soul as well!
