Hi Peter 5 May 2010
You see I have seen things in you that God wants to use!! You have the gift of giving!! You are a cheerful and generous giver and this is the kind of giver God really loves!!! 2 Cor 9:7 amplified says “Let each one give as he has made up his own mind and purposed in his heart, not reluctantly or sorrowfully or under compulsion, for God loves (He takes pleasure in, prizes above other things, and is unwilling to abandon or do without) a cheerful (joyous, “prompt to do it”) giver [whose heart is in his giving]. The next verse is a very popular one and follows the principal of giving vs 8 “And God is able to make all grace (every favour and earthly blessing) come to you in abundance, so that you may always and under all circumstances and whatever the need be self-sufficient [possessing enough to require no aid or support and furnished in abundance for every good work and charitable donation].” Can I go on as there is more vs 10-11 “And God Who provides seed for the sower and bread for eating will also provide and multiply your [resources for] sowing and increase the fruits of your righteousness [which manifests itself in active goodness, kindness and charity]. Thus you will be enriched in all things and in every way, so that you can be generous…”. Luke 6:38 says “Give, and [gifts] will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will they pour into [the pouch formed by] the bosom [of your robe and used as a bag]. For the measure you deal out [with the measure you use when you confer benefits on others], it will be measured back to you.”
You see you have already been operating in this very principal in the past but maybe because of the bad economy, recession etc you might have slowed down or been more reluctant to do it because of the uncertainty of the future? But when you can understand that God is not worried or concerned about the recession, (in fact God has always used recession or famine to extremely bless His people!! He loves to prove that nothing is impossible for Him!!) if you can see how great He is and that His resources are totally unlimited and without end, then you don’t have to worry about it, if He is your source (if your job or income is your source then yes worry!!!) He is miraculously able to supply your every need and desires no matter what the conditions are!!! After all He has streets of pure gold, walls that are made of 12 layers of precious gems and gates made of pearls. He owns the cattle on the 1000 hills, the earth is His footstool and He has pet names for each of the stars (think about this for a minute, they reckon there are over 100 billion galaxies!!!!). Jesus said that if we put Him first He will add or supply all these other things that we need as well Matt 6:33, Luke 12:31-33.
There is a movie called the “Flight of the Intruder” basically the story is about these air force pilots in the Vietnam war. Well they were sent on missions every night to go and bomb some obscure place in the south, but they never hit any targets and their efforts were futile. Well the one guy got the idea in his head that if they could venture up north, where they weren’t allowed to go, they could hit some significant targets, a main airfield and weapons site. Well he convinced his mate to do this secretly even though they knew it would cost them a court martial!!! They did this and had a huge success but of course were in big trouble!!! Anyway the purpose of this story it to show you a truth about how in the past when you operated on this principal of giving you hit a few targets and had a measure of success but God now wants to focus you and align you up for some major targets!!! If you will listen to Him and obey Him (this is the hard part, cos God often tells us to do things that make absolutely no sense to us and even seem impossible!!!) but if we will simply obey He will do amazing things!!! You see giving is a form of weaponry in God’s hands it has the power to open doors and the windows of heaven that could not otherwise be opened! It also has the power to bring miracles of healing, restoration, deliverance etc. It is who God is! He is a giver, He gave His one and only Son to mankind and it is the foundation to the way everything operates on this earth in the positive or negative Gen 8:22 says “While the earth remains, seed – time and harvest… shall not cease.” Gal 6:7 “For whatever a man sows, that and that only is what he will reap.” You reap what you sow!!
What I mean about using you to target certain areas is this. It is no good to just haphazardly give to anything or anybody as you feel sorry for someone etc!! No you have to be careful that you are not misled to give into an area that will have no effect and will not produce a harvest. One example is this, the devil loves to get people to sow to their own “flesh” (or their own desires) and usually they are impatient to wait so will put it on credit, this just brings added bondage and you will only reap sorrow and corruption! Does that make sense? This is what that article was referring to as “good soil”. Just like a farmer will never sow into dead infertile soil so the same applies to us if we want to see an abundant harvest. The soil represents a person, or a church or a ministry (such as one feeding the poor or helping unwed mothers, or helping widows etc etc etc). Basically it really means doing what God tells you to do, even if it seems crazy!!! But I can give you a couple of clues, the things that are closest to God’s heart are 1/ evangelism 2/ widows 3/ orphans 4/ the Jewish people.
There are other things to understand, like naming your seed i.e. you sow for a specific reason and harvest. Example, this problem you are having with the corned beef, if you sow a specific seed to where God directs you, for this specific problem it will produce a positive result of open doors and favour. Other examples could be for healing or broken relationships etc! Harvest are not always finances, such things as health are far more precious than finances aren’t they??? My greatest harvest was my house. It is only recently I have discovered it was because of sowing into the “Family Blessing” (explained in the other article, just a quick note here, even if your parents are passed you can still ‘adopt’ a granny or grandpa by helping or supporting them!), which I knew nothing about at the time! I was there for my parents when they were both suffering with terminal diseases etc. I was literally given this house as I had a small amount in my account at the time, it wasn’t without a 2 year struggle but just know it was an incredible miracle and what’s even more exciting is that God has told me “What I have done for you before is nothing compared to what I’ll do for you!!” Wow!!
Hey whew I know this is a heck of a lot to absorb and take in, I am also still learning this and have been consistently sowing even when things have been very difficult for me (sowing in a valley, sacrificial sowing, sowing even at the expense of your own needs) and I know my harvest is just right around the corner (this is also not a financial harvest am expecting, although those are the fringe benefits!!). But wait and see, when you see the incredible thing that God is about to do in my life then you will take note of what I’ve been saying here, because I assure you it all has to do with this principal of sowing!!!!
Hey sorry one last thing, but the most important thing I nearly forgot to mention is about the tithe! As none of the above will have any results if you are not a tither!!! Mal 3:8-11 “Will a man rob or defraud God? Yet you rob and defraud Me. But you say, in what way do we rob or defraud You? [You have withheld your] tithes and offerings. You are cursed with the curse, for you are robbing Me, even this whole nation. Bring all the tithes (the whole tenth of your income) into the storehouse (God’s house, the church), that there may be food in My house, and prove Me now by it, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. And I will rebuke the devourer (this actually means the seed eater) [insects and plagues] for your sakes and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground…” It’s important to understand here, the devourer can destroy your harvest, the tithe allows God to protect you from the “devourer”.
Not to go into too much detail as this is a huge subject but from the garden of Eden God said to man you can have everything except this one tree (His tenth or tithe) of course man disobeyed and that’s what brought the curse upon all mankind and the land!! It represents the “first fruit”, the first part of any income and is 10% of any income you earn, God expects us to give this to His house (usually the church you go to). It’s not the money God wants even though the church does need finances to run but it’s to prove that He has first place and has first priority in your life!! When you disobey this commandment you automatically, by default, bring a curse upon yourself and family!! Many people are not seeing fulfillment of all God’s promises because of this very important issue!!
