Isaiah 32:20 NIV
“how blessed you will be, sowing your seed by every stream, and letting your cattle and donkeys range free”.
It is said of Abraham in Genesis 24:1 that God blessed Him in all things. Now, you may read that and jump up for joy; claiming the blessing in all things, which is not wrong. But you must search for the demands you must meet in order to be blessed in all things. There were things that Abraham did to connect to this realm of abundance, and it has to do with all kinds of giving that he did. Please know that no two ‘givings’ bring the same kind of blessing.
For instance, the blessing of Tithing does not bring the blessing that other forms of giving does. Tithing does not just open the windows of heaven, it also causes God to rebuke the devourer for your sake. And I do not know of any other form of giving that causes the devourer to be rebuked in the whole Bible. So, you may give offerings, pledges and vows, and they will do all kinds of things in your life but they have not been programmed to rebuke the devourer.
This explains why a very highly successful person could just come crashing, all of a sudden. The devourer did it, and there was no tithing to take care of that. In Luke 6:38, the Bible says “give and it shall be given to you in good measure, pressed down and shaken together shall men pour into your blossom”. There are over seven billion people in this world and giving can grant you all kinds of favour before all of them or anyone of them. So, the blessing of giving generally is not the same as the blessing of tithing. And you need both blessings.
Receive the grace to be blessed in all things in Jesus Name. (ref: Malachi 3)
Assignment
i. Make a list of the different kinds of ‘givings’ and trust God to flow in all of them, even if you have to start small.
ii. Ask the Holy Spirit to show you the next kind of giving that will take you to the next level.
Prayer
-Lord give me the grace to partake of all biblical ‘givings’ with the blessings in Jesus Name.
-I receive a generous spirit in Jesus Name.
Nugget
Tithing does not just open the windows of heaven, it also causes God to rebuke the devourer for your sake.
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