Saturday May 20th, 2023
« God did not keep back his own Son, but He gave him for us. If God did this, won’t He freely give us everything else? »
10 Then he picked up the knife to kill him.
11 But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven, “Abraham, Abraham!”
He answered, “Yes, here I am.”
12 “Don’t hurt the boy or do anything to him,” he said. “Now I know that you honor and obey God, because you have not kept back your only son from him.”
13 Abraham looked around and saw a ram caught in a bush by its horns. He went and got it and offered it as a burnt offering instead of his son.
14 Abraham named that place “The Lord Provides.” And even today people say, “On the Lord’s mountain he provides.”
15 The angel of the Lord called to Abraham from heaven a second time,
16 “I make a vow by my own name—theLord is speaking—that I will richly bless you. Because you did this and did not keep back your only son from me,
17 I promise that I will give you as many descendants as there are stars in the sky or grains of sand along the seashore. Your descendants will conquer their enemies.
18 All the nations will ask me to bless them as I have blessed your descendants—all because you obeyed my command.”
Yesterday, the Holy Spirit spoke to us on giving whatever we have to those in need, no matter how small it may be. Indeed, what seems small to you might actually be big to those receiving your benevolence.
Today, the Holy Spirit wants to teach us that nothing is too big to give.
God Himself demonstrated this principle to us by giving us His only begotten Son. John 3:16BSB says:
« For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life »
The Almighty God gave the greatest gift He had for the redemption of mankind; this is the height of generosity!
Abraham, the father of faith, was also ready to give up his son of promise, even though he had waited so long to have him.
This act endeared him to God’s heart, and it opened the door of an irrevocable blessing to him.
Beloved, as we sing the popular song claiming Abraham’s blessings, we need to get some things straight.
Unless we do the works Abraham did and walk in his footsteps, our songs may end up as mere wishful thinking.
Abraham did not consider what God requested from him to be too big.
He went ahead and gave up his only son of promise.
The Jews who claim to be Abraham’s children were told by our Lord Jesus Christ in John 8:39bNLT:
« If you were really the children of Abraham, you would follow his example.»
What He said to them, He is also saying to us today.
If you want to be blessed as Abraham was or partake of his blessings, then nothing should be too big for you to give at God’s prompting.
Take a cue from farmers: the size of their seed determines the size of their harvest.
The more you are given to hospitality and benevolence acts, the more you will be blessed by God.
The devil has nothing to do with this divine principle, and so he cannot prompt you to give to God.
The truth of the matter is, whatever you are not ready to let go of, you cannot get back in greater proportions.
Establishing this principle, the Lord said in John 12:24 NKJV
« Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain. »
Knowing this truth, nothing should therefore be too big for you.
A gift may leave your hand but it cannot leave your life; it is surely coming back to you in multiples.
Prayer point: Father, please give me a heart that gives, gives and gives again until I become a gift to my generation.
Author: Bishop Enoch. A. Adeboye.
Edited by Naomie
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