There is one who scatters, yet increases more God loves to outgive us. The more we give, the more He gives us back. But if we’re not willing to give, God’s apt to take. If you won’t give Him an offering when you can, He might take a collection that will far outweigh what you could have given. It’s like the story of a certain rich man in the Bible who had a big harvest and many riches, but instead of sharing with others, he decided to build bigger barns to hold more for himself (Luke 12:16-21). It wasn’t the big crop that was his sin; God gave him that. His problem was his selfishness—the barniness of his own soul, his unwillingness to share his blessings with others. God told him that he would die that very night and he couldn’t take anything with him, so he lost it all. That’s selfishness and its reward. But if you are willing to give, God will reward and repay and bless you with much more than you gave. He’s promised that! Which are you doing?—Withholding or scattering? “Whatever measure you use to give—large or small—will be used to measure what is given back to you” (Luke 6:38 TLB). Luke 12:16-21 ESV - And he told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man produced plentifully, and he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have ample goods laid upfor many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.”’ But God said to him, ‘Fool!This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared,whose will they be?’ So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.” Jesus, please help us to have the right priorities in life, and to put you and your will first, knowing that this life will soon pass and only what’s done for you will last.
Posted on: Fri, 05 Jul 2013 05:07:55 +0000