Devotional message with Pastor Elsie November 6 Scripture Reading: Malachi 3:8–12 “Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it” (Malachi 3:10). Pour Out of a Blessing Father God, thank you for the dimensions of open heavens. Thank you for the mountains that you have melted: the mountains of sickness, death, confusion, and mental and emotional illness that have dissolved in your presence. Malachi 3:8–9 says, “Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.” But if we bring tithes to God He will pour out so many blessings that we would lack the room to receive them. He will also “rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts. And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of host” (Malachi 3:11–12). When someone is cursed with a curse it means they are disabled from progress, productivity, from being prosperous. It means you are working but going nowhere. When the words, “disabled images” appear on a computer screen, it does not mean the images are not there, but that they are not able to appear. Are there things you should be able to do but are not able? Father, today we ask that you open heavens and break the disablement; break the curses in Jesus’ name. How will God come down in this second dimension of open heavens? He will come down if you bring the tithes into his house. He will pour you out a blessing, an enablement, a download of progress for which you cannot take credit. You are suddenly enabled to move forward, to prosper, to think, and to build. Once you are enabled, you move to the level of abundance, which is God’s signature in provision. Man provides in a limited manner but God provides abundantly and that happens to those He can trust to tithe. Those who argue with tithing are those who are either very poor or who are afraid the little money they have will be taken from them. God says in Isaiah 64:4 that there are things that your ears have not heard and your eyes have not seen that God has prepared for you. If you are so broke that you only have ten dollars, it is easier to tithe one dollar than to tithe a hundred dollars. Start now while you are at an advantage. If you cannot meet your bills with ten dollars, you will not meet them with nine, so pay one dollar and get into a merger with abundance. Find a living church, a living ministry and tithe there. The tithe goes into God’s house, where His work is done, His people congregate. When you pay your tithe there, you have enabled God to prosper you, you have come into a merger with abundance, which will take you from level to level. God will first test us with tithe, and when we have passed the test, He will move us to the next level, to being a trustee. When you continue to tithe, someday you will become a custodian of kingdom treasures, as the Lord dispenses. Start with tithing and God will promote you to being a trustee of Kingdom resources. When you pass the test of being a good trustee, God will upgrade you to being a treasurer of His abundance. You will be trusted to manage and deploy funds. You are now a Kingdom treasurer who operates in the realm of abundance. If you are not tithing, tithe. If you are tithing, prepare yourself to be a trustee. If you have been a good trustee, pray now that the Lord will upgrade you to become a treasurer of abundance. God is not in the realm of wealth; He is in the realm of abundance. Wealth is countable; abundance is uncountable. Many of us are still counting it so we are not there yet. May we go into the realm of abundance and that can only happen through open heavens. Begin to tithe so that you will be a delightsome land; that whenever you are encountered, there will be a delight. Prayer Points: It is possible for you to work in the realm of open heavens in terms of tithing, in becoming a trustee and then a treasurer, if you are born again. If you have never given your life to Jesus, it is a good time to pray, “Dear Lord Jesus, I surrender my life to you. Write my name in the Book of Life. Bless me with that abundant life in Jesus’ name amen.”
Posted on: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 13:22:44 +0000
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