Tuesday, March 4, 2008

First Fruits and the Promise of Abundance!


"Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine"[Proverbs 3:9 - 10 KJV]

Here is an important promise of abundance. God has the power to bless us financially... and if we honor him with our income, by giving generously to help other people (the sick, poor, and starving of the world, for example) he will reward us generously.

The potential size of a harvest is clearly limited by the amount of seed the farmer sows in the field in the first place. Applying this principle to giving, Paul says: "Whosoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whosoever sows generously will also reap generously" (2 Corinthians 9:6).

It has been said that your cannot out-give God.