Bible Texts: 1Cor.3:1-3, 2Cor.9:7, Lk.6:48, Mal.3:10-14, Heb.13:8, Ps.1:1-4, Ps.23:1, 3Jn.1:2, Hag.1:17, Is.1:19, Pro.10:22, 2Cor.9:6-11
I welcome you to the first day of the first month of the second half of the year of the WORD, 2023. I pray that the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the sweet fellowship of the Holy Spirit shall abide with you and all that you represent all through the remaining days of this year. Amen and amen.
In the next few days, we shall be looking at the subject of financial prosperity as the perfect will of God for the husbandman and as an important weapon for him to succeed as leads himself, wife and children. We shall be exploring the word of God to discover His plans for our prosperity and how you and I can access our riches in Christ Jesus. I pray, in the name of Jesus Christ, that you and I will be empowered by God to enjoy all round prosperity the remaining days of 2023 and beyond. Amen.
Many times the good and godly husbandman struggles to understand how God blesses, financially and why He does so. The husbandman seems to be living from hand to mouth. He hardly makes ends meet and is unable to fulfill his covenant obligations as the provider. This is the position of many good and godly husbandmen today. But that is not the perfect will of God for you. This is His will for you.
I wish above all things that ye proper and be in health even as your soul prospereth (3Jn.1:2)
God wants you to live a financially free life. God wants you to live a life of financial abundance. God wants you to be financially prosperous. God wants you to have all sufficiency in all things by His ways because He is the way that leads to financial prosperity that makes rich and adds not sorrow to it (2Cor.9:7-11, Pro.10:22).
But what are the principal channels to access God’s financial plans and reality for my life?
The first is by you financial giving. I need you to understand that your financial giving is a major memorial to God. Every time you give of your financial seeds cheerfully, it ascends to God as sweet smelling savour (1Kgs.3:1-3, 2Cor.9:7). So, do not lose hope when you give of financial substance. The heaven over your finances is opening right now in Jesus name. Amen.
So how does God bless you financially when you give your financial seed?
Firstly, when you give, God speaks to you by the Holy Spirit and His word. In 1st Kings Chapter 3 and verse 1 to 3, after Solomon gave, God responded to his giving by speaking to him. God asked him to place a demand on what He would want Him to do for him. And because God has not changed, He stills speaks (Mal.3:6, Heb.13:8).
This is my personal testimony which I have shared several times and I would like to share it again to validate the truth of God’s word when we give and not hold back.
In December 2007, my wife and I attended a church programme. And while the man of God called for an offering, I was led to give and I did give. I was expecting a financial harvest because it is in line with the will of God. If thou will be willing and obedient, thou shall eat the fruit of the land (Is.1:19). I obeyed by giving and I was expecting a harvest as quickly as I wanted it. But on a particular Sunday in February, 2018, I asked the Lord how will He bless me? And He spoke these words to me “I will give you a gift every month for the rest of your life”. To the glory and praise of God, my heavenly Father, I have received gifts either financial or material every month since 2008 till June 2023.
A lot of the times as good and godly husbandmen, we give but never expect anything. We sow our financial seed and do not think of a harvest. It is like the unwise farmer who plants seed and when he is asked if he is expecting a harvest, he says no. And that is why God says you must not just be obedient in giving your seed, you must show the willingness that you want to eat the good of the land.
God wants to bless you in the land you are in right now. God wants to bless you in the country where you are in right now. You have giving your resources to advance the course of the gospel of Jesus Christ and the good of humanity. You have given to the poor and needy around you. You have sown your financial seed, however small, to those who are in need. Be ready for the financial harvest from El-Shaddai.
SPIRITUAL EXERCISE
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, baptize me with the giving grace and make me to eat the good of the land.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, empower me to give willingly and cheerfully.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, help me to see, recognize and apply myself to the ways You want to bless me.
FAITH CONFESSION
I am a giver and a channel of God’s blessings to humanity because that is what empowers me to continue to reign as the prosperous, good and godly husbandman in Jesus Name. Amen.
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