THURSDAY APRIL 3
“In all things at all
times, having all that you need.” 2Co 9:8 NIV
WHAT HAS GOD SAID ABOUT
YOU? (3)
When
God tells you to give of your finances in order to fulfill someone else’s
vision, you must realize: (1) He’s testing your faith and your willingness
to obey in difficult circumstances. When Elijah the prophet asked a widow
to share her last meal with him, the timing seemed strange. there was a famine
in the land and people were dying. who would have blamed her for saying no? But
by putting God’s interests before her own, she connected herself to a divine,
unending source of supply. The Bible says: Whoever sows sparingly will also
reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously...God is
able to make all grace abound in every good work” (vv. 6-8 NIV). (2) He’s
giving you an opportunity to sow into another’s life and reap in your own. WE
love to quote, “My God will meet all your needs” (Php 4:19 NIV), but do you
remember who this promise was made to? It was written to those who supported
Paul’s ministry. “When I set out from Macedonia, not one church shared with me
in the matter of giving and receiving, except you only; for even when i was in
thessalonica, you sent me aid again and again when I was in need” (vv. 15-16
NIV). Then Paul added these words: “My God will meet all your needs according
to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.” When you give, you invest in an
account you can draw on when you have a need yourself.
Taken from the Word for
You Today Devotional
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