When God Asks You To Give

Recently God asked me to tell a friend to be a blessing to one of their friends. But I was shocked by their response though not surprised by it. They said to put it in their own words God just blessed he does not need you to give to be blessed. Yet God has seen a deep need in them so much so that he has made a way for them to receive but they are missing it. Oh what a shame.

There are common blessing which God just gives to all irrespective of who they are, like the rain it falls on every ones farm whether good or bad. But then comes a special blessing one that is tailor made. There are special blessings that changes the world  of who ever God wants to bless. Most people pray and not be alert. As we pray God answers in many ways whilst God wants to bless us. He also wants us to be a blessing.

It is written we are Gods workmanship created unto good works which he has already prepared before hand. Elijah during the famine was told to go to a woman who was a widow whom God said he had commanded. On arrival Elijah asked something strange to her he told her to bake for him first, 1 kings 17:13 -16. Notice the widow was asked to give first to the man of God. She obeyed and she was fed the whole time the famine was there. Many people died in that famine yet only to her was Elijah sent. If she had not given she wouldn't have received period.

Let us look at our father Abraham the promises that God gave him were truly given to him after he first Gave. He was asked to give his only son as a sacrifice and he obeyed God Gen 22:2. Of-course God did not want the sacrifice but obedience through faith. And now in same chapter gen 22:16-18 God actually swore that he was going to truly bless Abraham because he had given first.

 There is power in giving first to God at the holy spirits urging God does not want anything from you all things belong to him all he wants is to bless us. All Gods looking for is faith and obedience. God wants us to take him up on his word. When the Holy Spirit asks you to give he is just positioning you to receive.

Jesus rightly put it in Luke 6:38 Give and it shall be given back to you good measure pressed down shaken together and running over shall be put into your bosom. Now to receive according to God you have to give. In ignorance we operate but when we become enlightened God expects us to put his principles into effect. You see you can not out give God. What ever we give God will give back so much more.

It baffles me to see a wealthy friend praying to God to bless a fellow friend who is struggling financially instead of saying God how can I help. The fact that you are praying for some need for a friend it means God wants you to do something. You see to who much is given much is expected. The thing about God is that he does not force himself  upon us, he just holds on to what he has till you release whats in your hand.

When God tell you to give then give, go crazy and attach what you want most to the giving. Tell God what do you want me to give then obey no matter what the thing is. If you are praying for something big then name what you give as a seed. Holy Spirit inspired giving produces great miracles that routine giving. It does not matter that you have a long list of beneficiaries on your good works. God know you give to others but this time he wants you to specifically bless this one and in turn God will reward you. God is not an exploiter but a rewarder.

I was recently doing field work, so heard the Holy spirit ask me to give a shoe that I liked but I kept holding back saying I will give back the last day when leaving. Then out of the nowhere I received a phone call A loan I took several years back that the Lord had dealt with resurfaced. After that call i immediately knew that I had to give now. So I attached that giving to my immediate need of having that loan go away as a seed. I haven't heard anything since my giving. All glory to God.

So when God ask you to give he is just positioning you to receive if you are barren then attach that giving to it. Do you want a big business then attach that business to that giving. The devil is stealing things by giving blindness to Gods people. Wake up people. Yeah some of you may say how do you know it is God speaking to you? It is written my sheep hear my voice period.

The Way The Truth The Life

Jesus is the only way to heaven. This is the only truth that we preach. You see many have a big problem coming to terms with truth. Facts change but truth does not and there is no room for error with truth.

Looking back to genesis we see man because of disobedience losing fellowship with God when the woman was tempted. Then God chased man from his presence in the garden. God then closed the way to the tree of life. Then at the appointed time God sent his only begotten son to restore that fellowship.

So in essence God was only accessed through prophets and priests and his spirit was only coming upon a prophet to pass his message to his children. Only a few people enjoyed the privilege of Gods spirit as evidenced by King David in psalms 51 where he begs God not to take away his spirit from him.

Even Moses had the privilege of having access to Gods will for his children as it is written you made your ways known to Moses and your acts to the children of Israel. Moses recorded more about Gods ways his thought process, his plan. With Abraham, Isaac and Jacob he did not reveal himself fully. Then the children of Israel received the laws and promised rather challenged God that they were going to fulfill everything that God was going to tell them to do.

Yet along the way it turned out they were an obstinate nation they begun to love the law better than God and they perverted Gods law to suit themselves. Thanks be to God for he came in the fresh in his son who was 100% God and 100% man for the fullness of God head is in Christ. Jesus disciples asked Jesus show us the Father the he answered he who has seen me has seen the father. God is spirit and all his fullness he made it to dwell in Jesus in other words he did exactly what he wanted us to do as a man how to apply his laws. At one point he told the Pharisees go back and read what it means I desire mercy not sacrifice Hosea 6:6.

Ironically the arc of the covenant had the mercy seat on top of the tablets of the law. From the beginning God has always wanted mercy, love, justice and fellowship with man. Jesus was revealed at the due time to restore what was lost in the garden.

Jesus died on the cross for our sins He become our substitute the punishment that was meant for us fell on him who knew no sin. He gave us full rights of the children of God. He opened the way to God the curtain was torn making a way for us all who believe in Jesus to have fellowship with our father. He opened a way for us to approach God with boldness. And he brought us life that was lost in the garden.

Indeed Jesus is the truth the way ad the life, the only way to God is through God. Unfortunately there is no other way but through Jesus. That is the truth that Jesus is the way and also the life. Not a direction to point you to the way but the way itself. Because when we invite him into our lives, he enters our dead bodies, and gives us life through his spirit. He now takes over and gives us direction changing our desires.

It is written we are Gods workmanship created unto good works which he ordained before the foundation of the earth. His love enters us through his spirit then makes us love our neighbor and love God with a pure heart.

Now God himself is in us through the spirit of his son. He is in us to teach us how to get the best from God. His son Jesus begins to reveal the father and then increase our knowledge of God the father. It is written this is eternal life that they may know you the only true God, and Jesus whom you sent John 17:3.

Jesus is the word of God and the word of God became fresh through Jesus. The word of God is truth. The way to GOD is through Jesus who is the word of God that is the truth that leads us to eternal life. Make a choice today to make Jesus the Lord and savior of your life so you two can have eternal life.

Brothers and sisters there is no other way.