Thursday January 09th, 2025
« A generous person will be prosperous, And one who gives others plenty of water will himself be given plenty »
18 That day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”
19 So David went up to do what the Lord had commanded him.
20 When Araunah saw the king and his men coming toward him, he came and bowed before the king with his face to the ground.
21 “Why have you come, my lord the king?” Araunah asked. David replied, “I have come to buy your threshing floor and to build an altar to the Lord there, so that he will stop the plague.”
22 “Take it, my lord the king, and use it as you wish,” Araunah said to David. “Here are oxen for the burnt offering, and you can use the threshing boards and ox yokes for wood to build a fire on the altar.
23 I will give it all to you, Your Majesty, and may the Lord your God accept your sacrifice.”
24 But the king replied to Araunah, “No, I insist on buying it, for I will not present burnt offerings to the Lord my God that have cost me nothing.” So David paid him fifty pieces of silver for the threshing floor and the oxen.
Many a time, when families go to worship God, the father distributes offerings to everyone so that they can have something to give.
It is okay when you give to the little children who don’t have any money so that they can cultivate the habit of giving,
but when the older ones and your spouse who have their own money are also collecting their offerings from you, you need to teach them better.
In our Bible reading today, David refused to accept the offer of Araunah because what you give to God that is at no cost to you is accounted to the one who bore the cost, not you.
Giving is a personal matter.
If your children collect pocket money, teach them to set aside some of it to give to God.
If your spouse makes some money, encourage him or her to give to God from it.
It is where the money is coming from that the blessing will go to.
« All streams flow into the sea, but the sea is never full. The water goes back to the place where the streams began in order to [start] flowing again »
« Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant »
You cannot reap what I sowed; it is what you sowed that you would reap.
« Give, and you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full—pressed down…….the amount you give will determine the amount you get back.” »
It is he or she who gives that will receive.
Who do you think took home the twelve extra baskets from the story of the feeding of five thousand men by Jesus Christ in John 6:5-13?
- Since there were twelve baskets, each disciple could carry a basket to the house of the boy who gave his lunch.
It is the fellow who sowed that will reap the harvest.
Giving is a personal matter particularly because of the day of trouble.
Psalm 41:1-3 says if you are a giver, when you are sick, God will visit you.
He will even make your bed at the time of sickness.
In Psalm 20:1-3, the Bible makes it clear that God does not forget your offerings, particularly in the time of crisis.
There are special blessings that are meant for givers and cannot be enjoyed by misers.
It is he that waters that will be watered.
When things are dry, the one who watered will in turn be watered in such period.
Application – Teach your family to give to God out of their own resources.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
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