Date: 02-Mar-2025
Name: Opeyemi
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Freely give and be blessed
Generosity is all about a spiritual and emotional mindset. It requires us to live in faith and release instead of fear and withholding.
(Proverbs 11:24) The Bible teaches us, “There is one who scatters, yet increases more; And there is one who withholds more than is right, but it leads to poverty.”
Using the analogy of a river mentality vs swamp mentality.
River Mentality: A river is generally fresh, fast, and full of fish. Birds, fish, and other animals would feast at its shores. A river mentality gives time, energy, money, resources, and talents away on a daily basis. A river mentality person sees all blessings as resources to steward or release and not keep.
Swamp Mentality: The swamp mentality is full of fear and insecurity. There is no release, just stagnant clutching to things and junk. The swamp doesn’t let go and it doesn’t give.
The question to us all today is “Do we steward with the wealth and resources God has entrusted in our hands?” God blesses not for us to keep or withhold, but for us to release and distribute that which He has entrusted us with.
Genesis 12:2 say “And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.”
God is looking for trusted believers to entrust the wealth of the Kingdom with, the question is, Can God trust us? The wealth of the kingdom the Lord has in store for us is far greater and bigger than the tithe and offerings a lot of we believers still hold back or don’t believe in, If God cannot trust us with the 10th, can He trust us to be a distributor of His wealth and blessings?
As a believer it is important we practice tithing, first fruit, offering, seed sowing, prophet offering, charitable giving etc.
Tithing & First Fruit: 7 Reasons why we should engage in tithing and first fruit.
1. It is the obedience to the principle of the first thing.
2. It is the key to open heaven Malachi 3:11.
3. It is a command from God. Leviticus 27:30-32.
4. It provides divine insurance against satanic encroachment Malachi 3:11.
5. It is important because Jesus endorsed it. Mathew 23:23 (AMP) say you should do justice, righteousness, but don’t neglect the 10th (tithe).
6. It is a way of contributing to evangelism Malachi 3:10. The only way the church can reach the world if through our giving, agreed the gospel of Christ is free but the means of disseminating it is costly.
7. It is a hallowed property.
Tithe is Sacred
We need to understand that tithe is sacred and holy to God but an accursed to human to touch, God doesn’t joke with the first, for every first thing that opens up the matrix is sacred, holy and his.
Joshua 7:1-26, Joshua 6:17 - talk about how the Children of Israel were defeated by the small nation of AI.
Offering: We solely determine what comes in return by the measure of what we set as out giving benchmark. Luke 6:38 says “Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”
Seed sowing/Sacrificial Giving: We shouldn’t leave things at prayers alone, whenever we desire something pressing from God, being in area of business, career, finance, healing etc. As we intercede in prayers and fasting concerning pressing situations, we should always attach a special seed. Most times God speaks to us to sow seed into someone’s life in finance and resource.
2 Corinthians 9:10, The Lord is the one who supplies seeds to the Sower and bread to the eater, by His grace we all move from the level of eater to Sower as he blesses us. We should aspire to be seed Sowers than a bread eater, bread symbolises basic needs, if God has taken care of our basic needs, then he expects us to move to the level of Sowers, Sowers are people who give to others, often using their finances and other resources to do so. If we refuse to move to the next level then we’ll remain at the level of eaters, eaters are the needy and people who need food all the time.
I believe a river mentality is all about being generous daily. I hope and pray God will give us a renewed heart to renounce all fear and start to be a radical and generous giver,
Prayer Points:
Prayers:
· Oh Lord, our provider, help us to learn to trust in you with our whole heart. We want to begin giving in a way that reflects that trust. Please show us where to begin.
· Oh Lord, we declare open heavens over every area of our life that we’ve been experiencing drought, desertification and closed heaven.
· Oh Lord, decree and declare that every wastage in our life shall come to an end today.