God's Wisdom For
Abundance!
"GIVE, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.
Luke 6:38
Just like when you smile, you get people smiling back; when you give, you also tend to get people giving back. And, it is usually the sort of things that you give out, that you get back.
It is just like sowing and reaping: What you sow is what you reap, and the bigger you sow, the bigger you reap.
Perhaps that's why the richest or the most admirable people tend to be those that give the most. Does that mean if I am stingy, I cannot be rich? Probably! Giving is the secret to abundance!
Praise God: Everyone can give something!
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Have you ever considered how necessary it is for you to take care of your body to clean and to feed it everyday. For example, if you were to go without brushing your teeth or cleaning your body for a day just one day - you immediately begin to feel, and in some cases see, that something is wrong. Your mouth, eyes, nose, hair and skin begin to show in different ways that your body needs attention. Even, if you choose to neglect it, more than likely, somebody will bring that fact to your attention! The need for us to take care of our body is so obvious that even when it is not convenient for us to do it, we make the effort. Likewise, if you have not eaten or taken a drink for a while, your body begins to talk to you and if you fail to give it the attention it requires it begins to disintegrate you start to feel uncomfortable and look worn-down.
Now think what will happen if you do not daily clean up or feed yourself spiritually. Imagine what your spiritual state would be like?
Look, there may already be symptoms that something is not quite right - maybe you cannot control your temper; you and your wife cannot see eye to eye; you cannot sleep well at night; you feel your health is slipping away; you cannot hear from God; you feel useless; you dont know what to do; you cannot give up on a habit that is causing you shame and grief; you start every project with great zeal but you never finish it; you can never seem to relax; you are wondering whether there should not be more to life than this. Just like when you are thirsty you know you need water, and when you are hungry you know you need food, these signs have come to tell you that you are low on spiritual nourishment, that you need more of God.
You can start to deal with the issues of life by giving attention to the word of God. Since man is not just body, but a spirit with a soul living in a body, nourishing our spirits and souls by relating to God, our creator, is necessary for wholesome living. The word of Jesus in Matthew 4:4 confirms this: "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God."
However to benefit from the word, one first needs to hear and understand it. Hence Jesus commands those who believe in Him to preach the word. I thank God that I am able to publish articles on this website to share insights and understanding from the word of God with you, so that you will hear and understand it, call upon the LORD, and by so doing get saved (saved from sin, saved from sickness, saved from death). My prayer is that God will make you whole (complete and lacking nothing) as you attend to His word so that you will reflect Him perfectly - after all He made you in His own image!
Do write and share your testimony with me.
May the grace and peace from God be with you, now and always.
Rev Ola Stevens
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