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.
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